Word: savers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...City--scrambling to find an apartment, deposited (temporarily) by her employer in what is, truth be told, a pretty crappy office. Inoffensive museum posters hang on the wall; the painted metal and laminate desk is bare of much but a Poland Spring bottle and a phone; a generic screen saver plays across the monitor of a generic PC. In the middle of an interview, her phone rings. And rings. She rises apologetically and answers it herself. "It's what I'm used to doing," she says...
...part of the appeal. Online therapists charge $60 to $90, less than most in-person therapists. For people in rural areas, those who are housebound and even busy professionals, the ability to go online anytime, anywhere can make the difference between seeking help and not. The ultimate time saver, masteringstress.com doesn't even use a live therapist; it charges $30 for a series of 30-min. online questionnaires aimed at identifying and helping people cope with everything from depression to relationship problems. Nancy, executive producer of a daily cable-TV show in Los Angeles, takes the sessions during long coffee...
...traveling directly to a source for documents, whether it's the local branch of the National Archives, a well-stocked genealogical library such as the Newberry in Chicago or the Clayton in Houston, or the closest Mormon Family History Center. In some cases, the Web is a clear time saver. George Warholic, a Rockville, Md., economic consultant, set out in 1983 to trace his Ukrainian relatives. "It was a chore," he remembers. "I spent weeks at the Library of Congress, searching hundreds of telephone books for people with the same name. Now this information...
That play proved a game saver as Harvard mustered only one run in the bottom half of the inning when Bagley bunted LaSovage home. One inning later, Koppel worked her magic again...
THIS PAGER COULD BE A LIFE SAVER Think pagers are just toys for teens or tools for people on the go? Starting in March, residents of Highland Park, Texas (near Dallas), can carry small pagers meant solely for emergency police assistance. For $20 a month, the pagers, made by Personal Security & Safety Systems (PSSI) in Dallas, will enable owners to push two buttons discreetly that will alert police to their location within 10 ft. Police can then respond within three minutes, as they would to any 911 call. The system works using a network of antennas around the city that...