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...major U.S. airline in Europe, as someone who knows air regulations--where the creed was always "air safety"--and as a man who has always been a sincere friend of the American people, I must admit that the trial result of Marine pilot Richard Ashby hit me like a punch in the stomach. WERNER ROMANELLO Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 5, 1999 | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...OCCUPATION: singer/Satan impersonator BEST PUNCH: Repeatedly apologized to fans for their having to sit through Love's set; after Love quit, said, "I think our fans will be a lot happier that they don't have to endure that hour and 15 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1999 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...McConaughey is the news here, dimples showing through the chin scruff, drawling out punch lines so you don't hear the rim shot, anchoring a film with enough weirdos to populate a Preston Sturges comedy. It's odd that this movie, not a star vehicle, should allow him to radiate star quality, and that's due in part to Howard's gift with actors. But it's more about this actor's sure connection with the character and the camera, and through them, the mass of moviegoers. Here he plays a man with the resources to handle unearned fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Famous for Being Famous | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

After Herman Hollerith designs his punch-card tabulating machine for the 1890 U.S. Census and founds the company that will become IBM, the idea of computers slowly gathers steam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We've Become Digital | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

REAL CHEAP PCS It doesn't seem that long ago that a good deal on a computer meant a new PC that sold for under a grand. Now the cheapest PC practically pays for itself. The $299 Webzter Jr. desktop from Microworkz Computer Corp. packs a surprisingly powerful punch with its 300-MHz Cyrix processor, 32 megabytes of memory and 3.2-gigabyte hard drive. Like every other sub-$1,000 PC, it comes without a monitor, but it does give you one year of free Internet service from Earthlink, a $240 value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Mar. 29, 1999 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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