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While many of the cyber-offerings are superfluous to Harvard students, given our access to fas and the Science Center computer lab, Smith heralds the user-friendliness of Cybersmith--largely due to its knowledgable staff. "Technosmiths" will roam the floors in search of bewildered customers needing assistance...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Angell, | Title: Under the Cushions Cyberspresso | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...California company has voluntarily recalled 100,000 portable crib-playpens, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said today. Two infants have died, and two others were injured, after the top rail on playpens sold under the brand names "Home and Roam" and "Baby Express" collapsed. The playpens, which are manufactured by Baby Trend Inc. of Pomona, Calif., can appear to be set up properly even though the top rails are not completely locked. As a result, babies can get their heads stuck in the railing and suffocate. Consumers were advised to call the company at 800-234-1879 to have their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECALL OF DANGEROUS PLAYPENS | 1/4/1995 | See Source »

...Haiti's police; they are being weaned by American trainers from decades of abusive habits, but ordinary citizens continue to despise and distrust them. Despite the confusion and uncertainty, most people seem cautiously satisfied. The poor, who once huddled indoors after dark fearing attacks by government thugs, now roam the streets at all hours. "The people are amazingly patient," says a professor at the national university. "They know it's night and day from three months ago. They can breathe freely now." In Haiti, at last, the stench of evil is fading away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Getting the Hang of It | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

Then, cutting right to the meat of the issue, the singer rasped at her male audience: "Nowadays you have to treat women nice / Or else they roam around the house with a knife / Or else you'll find you're missing something!" Again, the cheers of busty chorusters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CULTURAL ATTRACTION | 12/3/1994 | See Source »

These beauties were created by U.S. investment bankers, who roam the countryside looking for prospects. They take the old state enterprises and dress them up a little and bring them out as public companies. The ones that trade on the Chinese stock exchange are the diciest, while a slightly better class of company is sold in Hong Kong, and six of the blue chips (they call them red chips) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Money: Bear in the China Shop | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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