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...search engines by scouring dozens of other sites, then presenting the best prices in one handy list. To book a flight, just click; a link takes you back to the site offering the deal that you like. Just remember: neither Qixo nor FareChase is comprehensive, and each lets you perform only one fairly narrow search at a time, so they may miss some deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleuthing Fares | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...over time. There is also a need for more foster and adoptive homes to accommodate the number of children unable to be cared for in their own homes. Opening one's home and heart to a foster child is one of the most important civic duties a person can perform. You missed an opportunity to make things better. WILLIAM WALDMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR American Public Human Services Association Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...drug works well on mice, he said, but that does not mean it will perform well in human trials...

Author: By Keith J. Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anti-Cancer Drug Advances to Human Testing | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...Overall, most schools perform in the middle third of effective educational practice--leaving ample room for improvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: A New College Test | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...intelligence continues its progression up the skill ladder. The first computers were designed during World War II with pen on paper and assembled by hand with screwdrivers and wiring tools. Today a computer designer sits at a graphics terminal and specifies sets of high-level design parameters. The computer performs dozens of intermediate design stages of circuit schematics, board layouts and even the chips themselves. Then other computers actually build and assemble these components into working systems. The tasks these machines perform required highly skilled engineers and technicians just a couple of decades ago. Such "computer-assisted design" software packages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Virtual Thomas Edison | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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