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...Veneto auto 2. Former Screen Actors Guild president 3. Nicknamed "Dr. Subtle," he's on track to become the next premier of Italy 4. Wall St. debut 5. 1993 Kevin Kline title role 6. Shell game 7. Tuned in 8. Hoops great Charles, who has announced his retirement 9. Old White House nickname 10. Mack of early television 13. Navigator Ron, for whom the Lebanese prisoners were used as bargaining chips 15. Garden State five 19. Ford's "__ America!" campaign will give away hundreds of thousands of children's safety seats 21. Ripken, the latest member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword May 8, 2000 | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Latin America's 4% household penetration of personal computers seems less relevant every day. This year, for example, TV set-top boxes that, for $100 to $200 each, can turn a television set into a computer screen are due to appear in Brazil. Wireless broadband expansion will turn Brazil's ubiquitous cell phones into tiny screens. "Latin Americans have been early and avid adopters of technology," says Antonio Bonchristiano, CEO of the e-commerce company Submarino.com "The key to growth is the cost of a Web device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Logs On | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...next time you're in Chicago on business, stay at the Claridge and do lunch at the Swan, on the hotel's third floor. There are no distractions behind the shoji screen, just the soothing rhythm of a waterfall. There's no food either. But hey, who ever said lunch had to be about food? The Swan is a massage retreat at this quiet downtown establishment, and like the guest rooms and cozy lobby, it's part of what gives the Claridge the je ne sais quoi that manager Michael Wathen calls "a point of view." The point, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creature Comforts | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...thought they had been around forever. XV Beacon in Boston, for example, opened for New Year's 2000, yet because it is nestled among the cobblestones and brick Federal architecture of Beacon Hill, it would never occur to you before entering that each of its bathrooms sports a flat-screen Bloomberg News display. The 61-room hotel's only exterior signature is its gold nameplate: xv beacon. By contrast, the Soniat House in New Orleans is draped in its history: it was created from adjoining Creole town houses that date back to the early 19th century. Houston's Colombe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creature Comforts | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...movies usually means a video rental. Noisy babies are not the most welcome seat fillers at most movie houses, and families are often asked to leave at the first wail. But a growing number of theaters are accommodating parents who want a first-run film experience complete with big screen, Dolby sound and children. The Sonoma Cinemas chain has created soundproof glass rooms in the back of theaters for families. And the independent Parkway Theater in Oakland, Calif., is credited with the creation of "cry nights," special showings at which the audience is made up only of parents and infants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 8, 2000 | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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