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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real estate) that are indirectly influenced to some degree by the SAT. A considerable number of students--the overwhelming majority of the private school population--are beginning to see the test as an indicator of their value as human beings. The higher the SAT score, the better the person...

Author: By Malik B. Ali, | Title: Stifling Our Students' Minds | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...another at the new Manhattan Club in New York City, which they use as an outpost for trips to take in theater, restaurants, Japanese spas and night life. As James puts it, "The bottom line is that we enjoy time-share vacations because you can bask like a rich person for a small window of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Time-Shares Worth It? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...Gore-campaign subcontractors--in exchange for advice on everything from how to win the women's vote to shirt-and-tie combinations. Wolf wouldn't talk about her role for the record, and neither would Gore-campaign chairman Tony Coelho or message chief Carter Eskew. "She's a smart person who has interesting ideas," said a brave adviser, who then promptly hung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Gore's Secret Guru | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...star high school basketball player like Scott Hazelton, making it to the pros is the ultimate, often unattainable dream. But the 6-ft. 8-in. teenager from Lawrence, Mass., has at least one person who believes in him: Aran Smith, an Internet entrepreneur who registered the domain name scotthazelton.com without Hazelton's permission. Smith has spent some $15,000 staking a claim to more than 200 Internet addresses, mostly the names of promising high school athletes. If any of them make it big, Smith will own some valuable cyber real estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Your Name Isn't Yours | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Then there are cybersquatting profiteers like Aran Smith, or the person who registered warrensapp.com and then offered to sell it to the Tampa Bay Buccaneer lineman for $5,000. "Only in America could you steal someone's identity and sell it back to them," Sapp fumed to ESPN. It may be a lousy way to make a buck. But should it be illegal? No. Sapp doesn't have a right to his name as a dot.com For one thing, at least five other Warren Sapps listed in phone books across the U.S. could make the same claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Your Name Isn't Yours | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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