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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pages; $30). Jarringly inconsistent with the figure idolized in Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons, as well as its multi-Oscared 1966 film version, the sins are nevertheless integral to the man who emerges from Ackroyd's book, which was a No. 1 London Times best seller earlier this year and has been climbing several U.S. lists since being published here last month. Thomas More is not hagiography. Yet here is the paradox: it has the power of a second, secular canonization, establishing More, sans halo, as a martyr for a lost cosmic connectedness, the exemplar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: A Man for More Seasons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Sony on the global radar had a nationalist side that was both contradictory and complementary. This you can sense in reading his best seller, Made in Japan, as well as in talking to him. When I would complain about the ambivalence, he'd grin and say, "Ohmae-san, it is the generation gap." A navy veteran, he returned from service to a Japanese economy that had been destroyed by the war, so for a long time he maintained a Japan-first frame of mind. His initial intentions were simply to make a contribution toward rebuilding his country from the ashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AKIO MORITA: Guru Of Gadgets | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...recently, Tickle Me Elmo tested fairly well in the slew of kid-judged contests held every year (Family Fun magazine, Duracell batteries, and CBS all sponsor such tests, involving thousands of children across the nation). But Tyco, the Mattel-owned manufacturer, didn't expect it to become a giant seller. Then Rosie O'Donnell tickled Elmo on her show, and demand exploded. Once again, scarcity inspired collectors, reporters discovered a "hot" story, and your kid bawled his eyes out two years ago because Santa couldn't find Elmo before Christmas morn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The Furby Flies | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

After the success of her first album, after Lilith, after her book of poetry became a best seller, Jewel's new release had a lot to live up to. She went through two producers, scrapped an album that was 70% done and started fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Super Tuesday! | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

Discount sites are centralized filters to multiple sources of goods. They generally have contracts with re-seller clients to put products on their site. Some examples include www.pricewatch.com and www.pricescan.com. I purchased my 3Com PalmPilot Professional at a 30 percent discount via Pricescan...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The World Wide What? | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

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