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These programming devices, of course, are hardly hassle-free. VCR Plus+ must be programmed in advance before it can respond to the codes, not a simple process. (Ken Sander, who hosts a New York City cable show and dubs himself "the Cable Doctor," will do the job for confused viewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Anybody Work This Thing? | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Hills' threat was intended as shock therapy -- to force the European Community to reduce its agricultural subsidies, the issue that has thwarted all recent attempts to forge a new global General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade among the U.S. and 107 other trading partners. As Americans fretted about prohibitively priced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grapes of Wrath | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Liquid Money. Before contemplating anything fancier, most people should get rid of all their high-interest debt (to earn 18% tax-free and risk-free, pay off your Visa) . . . buy their cars for cash (yes, it's legal to pay off a car loan; no, leasing's not generally a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: How to Invest In a Clinton Win | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

Even mighty IBM has caught the fever. The world's largest computer maker was slow to respond to the rounds of price cutting this summer, and as a result its share of the personal-computer market slipped precipitously. But Big Blue's freshly restructured PC division showed a new nimbleness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great PC Price War | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

In a similar fix, Long's modern-day counterparts would convene focus groups to test various excuses. (The likely winner: "When I made that campaign promise, I had a serious substance-abuse problem, but now I'm leading my class at a nationally ranked recovery clinic.") Then a top speechwriter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voters' Guide: How to Tell If a Politician Is Lying | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

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