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...make this choice for him? Does it send the signal that she is not responsible for her behavior? Is the teacher suggesting it just to make her own day easier? Will he have to take it forever? What if all children would be a little happier, perform a little better if they took their pills like vitamins every morning? Do we have a problem with that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...Diller's view, many Americans are so worried about their jobs, the marketplace and their children's chances for success that they place impossible pressures on kids to perform, at younger and younger ages. "In order for them to succeed, we make them take performance enhancers," Diller says. "A society that depends on medication to cope does so at its own risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

What is fascinating about Ask Jeeves is that it allows you to perform sophisticated searches by merely asking a question in plain English. Tracking down Seattle hotels is as easy as typing "Which hotels are in Seattle?" and hitting the GO button...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jeeves: Your Cyberspace Butler | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...supposed to help you "chill out naturally." Fresh Samantha's Super Juice is spiked with echinacea, believed to bolster the immune system. Says SoBe CEO John Bellows: "Coke had cocaine when it started. What we have in our product are legal highs, things that make you feel better and perform better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Health Drinks or Old-Style Snake-Oil Elixirs? | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...handheld sales will triple to 6.9 million units--about the same number of notebooks sold in the U.S. this year. Why are consumers so keen on handhelds? While failed products like the Apple Newton tried to handle too many tasks, says IDC analyst Jill House, today's handhelds perform just a few basic organizing functions extremely well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1998 Technology Buyer's Guide: Geared To Go | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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