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Word: phoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...percent. Both numbers came in under expectations, yet another assurance that the Fed has absolutely no need to throttle back on the money supply when it meets in August. "In fact, it doesn?t even need to meet," jokes Baumohl. "They don?t even have to talk on the phone. There?s absolutely no sign of inflation, and that last quarter-point hike sent just the right message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cap'n Greenspan Can Take the Summer Off | 7/15/1999 | See Source »

Albright met with the German, French, British and Italian foreign ministers in New York City last week to plot how each country might exploit its ties with dissident elements in Serbia. She asked Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini, for example, to place a phone call to the Vatican. The Serbian Orthodox Church last month demanded that Milosevic step down and instructed its priests to preach from the pulpit this past Sunday that Serbian forces are responsible for the atrocities in Kosovo. Washington wants Pope John Paul II, who helped engineer the toppling of Poland's communist regime, to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tearing Down Milosevic | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...BizBots' San Francisco office, he types in a polypropylene order on his JAM (Java Agent-Enabled Marketplace) prototype for the chemicals industry. A moment passes; then JAM matches Ma's buy order--price, purity, etc.--to a compatible sell order in its order book, and, boom, the deal closes. Phone calls: zero. Time: five minutes. Cost: maybe 10 bucks. "Theoretically," Ma says, smiling, "it makes sense to do everything this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next E-volution | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...used to spot a temp a mile away. He would show up at the office for a day, asking too many questions, trying to remember the firm's name when answering the phone, unable to find the coffeepot or get the copier to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rise Of The Permatemp | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...regular glasses. The price tag is pretty light too, a relatively meager $800. You won't be able to see your boss walk in, but he won't be able to see you playing games, either. LOOK, MA! NO WIRES Still trying to hook your laptop to your cell phone when you're on the road? Instead of wrestling with a kluge, try plugging in a wireless modem like Sierra Wireless' AirCard 300 for Windows. PC Expo was packed with products like this, all betting heavily on a cable-free future. AirCard's advantage is that it automatically connects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PC Expo Roundup | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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