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...gang on the WELL welcomed me with open arms. I was soon ``talking'' around the clock to people all over California and beyond about important issues of the day -- like the latest technology or how the 49ers were doing. As a reward for my enthusiasm, the powers that ran the WELL asked me to run my own conferences and gave me a free account. At least it seemed free at first. The real, hidden costs -- professional, financial, physical and emotional -- were only just beginning to mount...
...years from now, an event like the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which ended a week ago in Providence, Rhode Island, may seem dated. A couple of hundred young people who have prevailed in regional contests slug it out for a national medal, with no monetary reward-how quaint. The nationals have always had pride of place, the only event in the sport to be regularly televised and, for an American skater, the imprimatur of success. Yes, there is a world championship, and every four years the perihelion of the Olympics. But to be national champ has meant being...
...another suspected terrorist to capture the elusive Yousef. In Islamabad the U.S. embassy's regional security officer was approached by an informant--apparently a Muslim whom Yousef had hired to launch future attacks against American airlines. But he decided to cash in instead. Seemingly aware of the $2 million reward promised by the U.S. government and advertised on posters, videos and even matchbooks, ``the snitch,'' said intelligence sources, ``tells the R.S.O. Yousef has just got back from Bangkok, and he's getting ready to leave for Peshawar.'' After Yousef was apprehended at the Su Casa Guest House, he was bundled...
...bombing that killed 21 Israelis and prompted the border closing. "By the current low threshold of expectation, it''s progress ? almost a breakthrough," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The Israelis insist that Arafat at least make an effort (to round up terrorists), and this is his reward...
...time required for labs, problem sets and the like undeniably demands more time than other classes. One can point out that any corporate hiring officer or graduate school admissions committee member worth a bit of salt probably knows this as well. Nevertheless, the University has the obligation to reward and recognize the efforts of its most hardworking students...