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...about research, and we quickly settle into the morning routine. The high-tech world at the end of the millennium is a vast free-for-all, with companies scrambling to acquire one another and grow exponentially. Shemmer's job is to sift through thousands of unknown firms and select likely acquisitions for his client, a software company. The client is looking to expand its operations in the Northeast and Shemmer wants to present them with as broad a menu as possible...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...Click the boxes "copy on select" and "paste on middle button...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ABC's of CRT | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...house at 480 Beacon will have to be vacated by Dec. 19. The fraternity can then select three non-undergraduates to occupy it for maintenance and security. The 484 Beacon building is also occupied under the same arrangement...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT Frat Disbanded, May Appeal | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

Since this decade began, pollsters and pundits have fretted over what collective noun to use for the next one (2000-2010). What comes after the '90s? Zeros? Two thousands? Double ohs? Linguists have waited years for a consensus to emerge. Now TIME intends to find it. Select your favorite from the list below, then vote for it in our online poll at time.com/daily/poll/ The winner will be announced in an upcoming issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Ain't the Tenties | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

While Harris' project may seem shallow, the idea of choosing an egg donor based on physical characteristics is hardly new. Several egg businesses already let clients select donors by race, weight, height, eye color or hair color, not to mention such preferences as "fine boned" and "tanning ability." Harris isn't the first to charge for eggs either: virtually all egg donors are in fact sellers, at a typical rate of between $3,000 and $5,000 per ovum, plus medical expenses. And an unnamed egg-seeking couple put an ad in several college papers last winter offering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Genes for Sale? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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