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...send it off. The entry fee is relatively low: setting up a site on the World Wide Web can cost as little as $5,000 -- a pittance compared with the cost of a printing plant. In addition, existing online services pay publications for the right to post their journalists' prepaid contents, and some publications charge for access directly. Many online users are happy to surf through these services, checking out specs in Road & Track or downloading photos of models from Elle. But the most successful newcomers to Cyberland are the ones that go well beyond mere postings of content...
...Paula Coughlin, the pilot whose charges of sexual assault launched the official investigation, is leaving the service next week, bitter because she feels her complaints were ultimately brushed off. Adding insult to injury, the Navy's personnel bureau had been claiming she owed it nearly $19,000 of a prepaid pilot bonus that she now cannot "earn" because she is leaving four years ahead of schedule. But the Navy, worried about how Kelso's and Coughlin's end-of-service accountings might compare, has canceled her "debt...
...name), a Thai gangster of Chinese descent who funnels mainland Chinese through Bangkok. Seated in the lotus position on a teak sofa at home in Mae Sai, a northern Thai town, Big Boss exudes confidence and affluence. His gold front tooth glimmers as he speaks of his $20,000 prepaid package trips, which he claims have a success rate...
Fisher had apparently not prepaid the postage correctly, so Harvard had not sent records of his graduation to him at his Army barracks. He finally received his diploma in University Hall in 1946, three years after completing his time at the College...
...both cases, passing cars, the time of day and toll amount are identified electronically and registered in a central computer that automatically charges a prepaid account. The systems can process up to 1,250 vehicles an hour, compared to 350 an hour for conventional tollbooths. And the machines can handle a car traveling as fast as 100 m.p.h. -- though that is likely to draw some flashing lights...