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...probably dead after 10 minutes. Then she ominously leaves the phrase "In New York City..." hanging in the air. "There is a less than 1% survival rate for cardiac arrest in New York City." Now my fellow students and I are dumbfounded. I vow to never complain about Manhattan siren noise again. And I raise my hand to ask how much AED machines cost. (Between $1,000 and $1,500, I'm told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Me the Paddles and — Clear! | 9/5/2000 | See Source »

...surprising Powell wouldn't take the vice presidency. Why be No. 2 when last time around you were so hotly pursued to be No. 1? By resisting the siren call of politics, he has attained the stature of an ex-President devoted to good works, like Jimmy Carter, while generating the excitement of a Bobby Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: The Man Who Wore the White Shirt | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...ABYSS and 21) TITANIC Director James Cameron is the anti-Kathie Lee Gifford. While the siren Gifford's TV commercials beckon vacationers to join her floating fun, Cameron is Neptune with a grudge, punishing anyone dumb enough to board his ships of fools. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, star of The Abyss, also appears this summer in 22) THE PERFECT STORM. She's jinxed, matey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nonswimmer's 25 Scariest Movies | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...would be a great loss if the College, in an attempt to gain leadership in technology and to prepare students for commercial success after graduation, loses sight of its academic mission and full potential. Harvard must continue to keep these criteria in mind, no matter how sweet the silicon siren's call...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Technology and Education | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...caused partly by its timing, striking as it did on a busy weekday morning, but also by its seductiveness. It was a minor masterpiece of what hackers like to call "social engineering"--in other words, manipulating the rubes. Few of the lonely hearts among cubicle dwellers could resist its siren song. (This reporter couldn't--and paid the price in lost files...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Of The Love Bug | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

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