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...like exploring old towns and new restaurants. I like finding sand dollars on the beach. But when I sit down to work, I'm rarely in the mood to discover fabulous new features in my business software. Like many folks, I've learned the bare minimum about my e-mail program, my word processor and my spreadsheet software--just enough to get the job done. And that's a problem for Microsoft. You see, no matter how many whiz-bang features the boys from Redmond pack into their best-selling Office suite, most users barely scratch the surface. Who needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Whizbang | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...single-lane blacktop hugs a fjord with towering cliffs on each side; the only other access is by boat. Nestled at the end of the fjord is the small town of Modalen. Population: 350. Aside from its spectacular setting, the sleepy community has two main attractions: hydroelectric power and sand - lots and lots of sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fjording Ahead | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...personally don't care if you hole up in northern Idaho, barricading yourself against the authorities like those frightened kids, but if you're thinking at all about suiting up for a rematch in 2004, now is the time to start taking your head out of the sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Al, What Have You Been Doing Lately? | 6/1/2001 | See Source »

...always played the heavy, the bad guy behind the buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries. The revised recommendations draw new lines in the sand. The optimal level is 100. Levels above 190 are off the charts. But even borderline (101 to 129), high-borderline (130 to 159) and high levels (160 to 189) can benefit from treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cholesterol Alert | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...bothered to look beneath the discarded tub. Eventually, at about 9:00 a.m. on Feb. 9, police revisited the cave they had already searched in the fall. Poking around by the bathtub, they found Lucie's body cut into eight pieces, buried approximately 50 cm beneath the sand. At first, investigators couldn't identify the corpse. The head had been entombed in cement. The body parts were so badly decayed that their gender could not even be determined. When postmortem examiners cut into the cement encasing the head in hopes of finding teeth to match with dental records, they immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lucie Blackman: Death of a Hostess | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

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