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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jeff and MacKenzie rented in Bellevue, a Seattle suburb. They converted the garage into a work space and brought in three Sun workstations. Extension cords snaked from every available outlet in the house to the garage, and a black hole gaped through the ceiling--this was where a potbellied stove had been ripped out to make more room. To save money, Bezos went to Home Depot and bought three wooden doors. Using angle brackets and 2-by-4s, he hammered together three desks, at a cost of $60 each. (That frugality continues at Amazon to this day; every employee sits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeff Bezos: Bio: An Eye On The Future | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...fire was reported in an apartment at Peabody Terrace. No one was home at the time, and fire units forced entry into the apartment. The fire was caused by a pan on the stove. No one was hurt...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Blotter | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...Some people say that the best way to prepare stuffing is to do it separately, on the stove top or in a casserole dish. These people claim that it "saves time" and that it "reduces the risk of foodborne illness...

Author: By Rich D. Ma, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: How To: Stuff the Bird | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...These people are cowards. The best and only way to make stuffing is to roast it in the body cavity of a long-dead animal. As for those "Stove Top Stuffing" commercials recommending TWO "Stove Top" dinners in ONE night, FM can only say that gluttony is the mark of the devil...

Author: By Rich D. Ma, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: How To: Stuff the Bird | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...Chiapas lives in the countryside--many in dirt-floor houses, without electricity and running water. According to a recent statistic, over 60 percent of households still cook with wood--resulting in a high incidence of respiratory illnesses. But I am lucky. I am staying in a house with a stove and a refrigerator and (at times) hot water. (The water company distributes its goods in a Kafkaesque manner; when the tanks are dry--which happened for a span of four days during my stay--the community resorts to using buckets...

Author: By Samantha A. Goldstein, | Title: Chiapas Summer | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

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