Word: picks
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Until recently those titles, whether classics or current best sellers, have been available mainly in loan libraries. Vernon Ellickson, 83, is a typical large-type reader. A retired farmer with macular degeneration, Ellickson goes to the library in Decorah, Iowa, twice a week to pick out his favorite westerns and adventure books. He never buys them. "It would cost a lot," says Ellickson, who often reads more than a dozen large-print books a week. Publisher Olsen says this is not unusual. "When you're on a fixed income, to pay for a one-time read is inefficient when...
SPORTS GAMES Pick any fast-moving sport, and there's a popular, highly realistic, multiplayer console game to go with it: NFL BLITZ, NCAA FINAL FOUR, FIFA '99 soccer. The teams, the players, the camera angles and even the commentary are exactly the same as the ones you see on TV. What's the harm in a little added interactivity...
...home so we could watch him," explains Rick, an actor. "He'd play all day if he could," adds Cynthia, an elementary school principal. The Livingstons gradually limited Taylor's gaming time to one hour a day, explained the rating system to him and allowed him to pick appropriate games. "Believe me, if Taylor can, he will play violent games," said Cynthia. "I don't want him playing them regularly, but will an hour twice a year hurt him? No. In general, I think Taylor has good judgment. He's had training...
...always been suspicious of filofax fanatics. After all, do you really need to schedule an appointment to pick up your dry cleaning? And if you can't remember whom you're having dinner with on Friday night, was the date really worth making in the first place? I like to keep things simple. But not everyone appreciates my footloose approach to life. My roommate gives me the evil eye when I forget to call the cleaning lady, and I just got slapped with a $30 fee for paying my Visa bill a few days late...
...most influential people of the 20th century will culminate in December, when TIME will name a single figure as the Person of the Century. To help the magazine's editors make the choice, we are asking a select group of people to tell us whom they would pick. Here are the latest thought-provoking suggestions...