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...HOLD THE ROAM Many service plans charge extra for analog roaming or for digital roaming outside your specified region. If your phone has the capability, try setting it to digital roam only, or setting it to alert you when it moves into analog territory. You could save yourself from some ugly charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cool Ones | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

SIEMENS S46 An extra-versatile "world phone"; it can roam most of the world's networks, from Europe's GSM to the old TDMA networks still operating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cool Ones | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...will be on society. Sociologists predict that both military and monastic life will become more popular. But these institutions will only be able to soak up a limited number of men, and the government fears a rise in crime, prostitution and drug use as a swarm of bachelors roam the countryside. A hint of that future has already arrived in Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, where children play under a dusty apple tree, tossing scraps of vegetables as makeshift toys. The noise is the raucous glee of boys being boys. There is only one girl playing among them. Seven-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Rural China, It's a Family Affair | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

Bright as Hank is, his native rebelliousness lands him into trouble at school. His parents pay him little heed, allowing him to roam free. He quits his Little League team and spends his days riding along the paths of the Gunpowder River. Hank finds himself in situations which are exciting and eminently believable, from baseball games to paintball wars and illicit houseparties. He plays with his stepsiblings Jake and Stephie, and later joins some older men in a paintballing expedition that goes suddenly and frighteningly wrong. Throughout it all, he is forced to deal with the complications and hypocrisies...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hank Makes a Stunning Debut | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...city's tourist board has been acting a bit uptight. Riotur has threatened to sue the Fox network over an episode of The Simpsons in which the family visits Brazil. While there, Bart is ingested by a boa constrictor, Homer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and monkeys roam the streets. Perhaps most insulting, the show suggests Brazil is responsible for the Macarena (the dance comes from Spain). Riotur spent $18 million promoting the city last year and doesn't want it to go to waste, though bringing attention to the episode with a lawsuit may not help. Simpsons executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 22, 2002 | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

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