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...Latest reports suggest the Chechens have used the same strategy as in the last war," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "They recognized the superior firepower of the federal forces and retreated all the way to Grozny. But some of their men simply went underground, waiting for the right moment, and that moment came last weekend when they struck in a coordinated attack that has embarrassed Russia." For weeks the Chechens had been harassing the Russians forces behind their own lines at night. Then, realizing the disarray at the top of the Russian chain of command signaled by last Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Russia Have a Way Out of the Chechnya Quagmire? | 1/13/2000 | See Source »

Martin is being held in the Middlesex County Jail and will be tried in the Middlesex Superior Court...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspect in 1976 Murder Arraigned | 1/12/2000 | See Source »

...market capitalization had been $163.4 billion, nearly double Time Warner's $83.3 billion. Levin acknowledged there had been some tough bargaining on valuation, given, as he delicately put it, "the way the market's behaving right now." And given - as AOL CEO Steve Case acknowledged, despite his company's superior stake in the market - that AOL would contribute only 20 percent of the new company's earnings in its first year. "AOL is something of a rarity in that it's an Internet company that actually makes a lot of money," says Saporito. "But Time Warner's approach is based...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome! Why You've Now Got AOL Time Warner | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...over the Web claim the DVD emulator's inventors stole nothing, but merely figured out how DVDs work. Similar arguments are often put forward by computer makers such as Dell and Compaq when marketing IBM clones. Now it's up to Judge William Elfving of the Santa Clara County Superior Court to decide if the web sites are at fault. Unfortunately for him, there are no precedents to download...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Cyberspace, Is It OK to Point to Pirates? | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

...different about the current research, which was performed by a team of Italian and British scientists, is that it offers what's believed to be the first proof that linguistics have an impact upon our brain physiology. Brain scans of the students showed that Italians have more active superior temporal regions, while Brits have more active left frontal and posterior inferior temporal regions. While researchers said the immediate importance of the study lies in the area of teaching language and reading, it's sure to play a role in future anthropological research seeking to explain the differences between cultures. Unfortunately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Are What You Speak | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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