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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would buzz towns in his low-flying airplane studying the lay of the land. When he had triangulated the proper intersection between a few small towns, he would touch down, buy a piece of farmland at that intersection and order up another Wal-Mart store, which his troops could roll out like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discounting Dynamo: Sam Walton | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...across the country began to sell Songs, a 306-page book anthologizing every lyric Springsteen ever penned. These expensive, lavishly-produced new releases--together, the photo-heavy book and the beautifully packaged compilation will cost the die-hard fan $100--coincided exactly with Springsteen's nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and roughly with the release of multi-disk compilations by Springsteen's fellow Hall of Famers Bob Dylan and (posthumously) John Lennon...

Author: By Joshua Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bruce Springsteen Superstar | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...pull-out keyboard that lets you surf the Internet? Samsung's Web Video Phone will hit stores in late February with a price somewhere south of $1,000. For those who'd like a touch-sensitive tablet that receives e-mail, news and weather, Global Converging Technologies will roll out its Cendis Net Display next summer for about $500. Philips' Ambi system, due out in February for $500, will turn any TV into a second home PC by using a wireless receiver that can pull video and audio signals from a computer as far as 150 ft. away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dial I for Internet | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...either, laughing as he looks back at the evolution of his stage name. He started out Johnny Cougar, became John Cougar Mellencamp, and now goes by his given name. Says Mellencamp: "I don't know if there's been a more ridiculous transformation in the history of rock 'n' roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rocking into Middle Age | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...weekend that saw 14 Harvard goals and five Crimson players making the ECAC Honor Roll, Shewchuk led Harvard's vaunted offensive attack. On the Crimson power play unit that features three Olympians and the player that holds Harvard's single-season scoring record, it was Shewchuk who capitalized on the man advantage with four power play goals...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, | Title: She's Back and Better Than Ever | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

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