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Where I live, just outside Washington, Facebook.com is both noun and verb, the unchallenged colossus of adolescent communication that works like the telephone, the back fence, the class bulletin board (and, at times, the locker room), all rolled into one virtual mosh pit. In other towns, MySpace.com plays the same starring role. In both cases, they have legions of parents pulling out their hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gen-M: A Dad's Encounter with The Vortex of Facebook | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...overnight pit stop at a forgettable (and decidedly d?class?) airport hotel used to be one of the banes of the road warrior's life. No longer. The hotel industry's burgeoning emphasis on design includes airport properties, many of which are starting to boast the upgraded amenities and modish trappings of their downtown cousins. Say goodbye to poky rooms and drab lobbies, and luxuriate in slick digs like the striking Kempinski Hotel Airport M?nchen, tel: (49-89) 97820, pictured above. Below are some of our other layover favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check In | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

...with suspensions, sway bars and other mechanical issues that can give them that small edge. In fact, they may be more necessary than ever. The new car has a redesigned fuel bladder that will carry four to five fewer gallons of gasoline, which will add to the number of pit stops and complicate the chess game of refueling and tire changes that crew chiefs in every race have to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The NASCAR Of Tomorrow | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...overnight pit stop at a forgettable (and decidedly déclassé) airport hotel used to be one of the banes of the road warrior's life. No longer. The hotel industry's burgeoning emphasis on design includes airport properties, many of which are starting to boast the upgraded amenities and modish trappings of their downtown cousins. Say goodbye to poky rooms and drab lobbies, and luxuriate in slick digs like the striking Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich, tel: (49-89) 97820, pictured above. Below are some of our other layover favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stopovers With Style | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

They stand in “the pit,” handing out flyers that explain exactly why everyone who doesn’t convert is going to hell. Effective message? Just down the steps, the garbage is full of leaflets...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: From the Pit to the Pew: Evangelicals Seek Converts | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

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