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...SPELLING BEE Timothy McVeigh topped Web searches the other week, but not everyone knew how to spell his name. Here are the top five misspelled versions of his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME.com This Week JUNE 25 - JUL. 1 | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...while it’s impossible to forget the name of the leader of the free world or the capital of our most lucrative trade partner, only since I obtained my F-1 visa have I learned how to spell Massachusetts or locate Pennsylvania on a map. I didn’t know about the electoral college until the fiasco in November and I still have no idea whose heads are carved into Mount Rushmore. I don’t know and I don’t care. Like any good American, I know that ignorance is bliss, and that...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CALGARY: Blame Canada? | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

...they spell relief won't matter if FERC's action doesn't work. "It's better than nothing but not nearly as attractive as it sounds," says Davis, who will tell Lieberman's committee the same thing this week. "The way around it is quite obvious. Generators simply sell the product to a middle person--which they do anyway--and that marketer has no obligations under the order." Also, the order will not get back the $7 billion California estimates it has been overcharged by electricity suppliers since last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Bush Seen The Light? | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...room befuddled--and mentioned no issues. The press ripped him for it. The next day, as he settled into the back of a black SUV, where Bloomberg radio was playing and a Bloomberg magazine was tucked into a seat pocket, Bloomberg dismissed those stories. "As long as they spell my name right, fine," he says with a shrug. "I've got to learn the issues, learn how to dialogue, learn the jargon," he admits. Former Mayor Ed Koch thinks Bloomberg is admitting too much. "That's the wrong thing to say," sighs Koch. "Running for mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much For Gracie Mansion? | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...buying agency TN Media. "If you do too much, it's going to look silly and overcommercialized." Above all, producers and advertisers agree, placements need to be "organic"; an out-of-place product or overly enthusiastic shill (remember Colby gushing over the Pontiac Aztek's capacious luxury) breaks the spell. But organic is in the eye of the beholder. Slagle says PVI recently made a demo with a rerun of Bewitched, adding a box of SnackWell's cookies in the 1960s kitchen of Samantha and Darrin's nosy neighbors, the Kravitzes. "It absolutely fit in," he marvels. "They would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This Plug's For You | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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