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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...building that would house the Fujianese association, which police say soon became the center for human smuggling. He sat on the board. Both continued to work each day in the store or restaurant. There were no big cars or flashy clothes. When she traveled she took the subway, seemingly unafraid of the reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-Faced Woman | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...boost my total to 5,000 paces. Within three days, I was obsessed with walking--I kept glancing furtively at the little digital readout at my waist as if it were the score in a pinball game. By adding a walk to and from the train station, avoiding the subway, I was able to make my 10,000 steps a day. Was I getting in shape? It was too early to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Tech Walking | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

YOKO ONO Suing Tokyo subway operator for using John's face on tickets. "Imagine no mass transit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 24, 2000 | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...Riders Union Rally/March for Racial Justice (Tuesday, August 15): Demanding a moratorium on further construction of Los Angeles' subway system and the purchase of another 1,000 buses. The protesters claim that the subway system has been built to serve non-minority users in wealthier areas. Quote: "The Bus Riders Union is challenging the failure of President Clinton and presidential nominee Gore to enforce, strengthen and increase the civil rights law at the federal level... We demand that Vice President Gore strengthen Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act. What we would like to see is for the federal government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where There's Pols, There's Pyres | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

Rather than make any rash judgments, however, I decided to tote both toys around for a month and see which I ended up liking most. Like a junior high school crush, the T900 came on hard and fast. I used it in the subway to send a message to a friend in Prague. I sent love notes to my boyfriend while lounging in Central Park. And the one-sentence news updates made me feel totally plugged in. But the clincher was this: instead of looking like just another annoying yuppie yapping on my cell phone for all the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys for Techies | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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