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...higher over Larimer County, Colorado, and on the ground a 10-year-old boy named Bradford Heene had told the sheriff that his little brother Falcon was inside. Falcon? Was some Greek narrative poet scripting this tragedy? Their father Richard longed to live large, a scientist, storm chaser, wife swapper, aspiring reality-TV star. He had built the vessel in the backyard; they called it his "flying saucer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Should Happen to Balloon Boy's Parents? | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Mitchell, as all three tanks in Micthell's track made a sharp reverse. "Let's show 'em what real mortar fire is all about." Mitchell made the radio call and seconds later the ground around the bungalow erupted in dust, like it had been flattened by a giant fly swapper. "Thunder Base, Rock 7," said Mitchell. "I want you to go right a hundred, ahead a hundred, and then converge all weapons." Then leaning over to Rather, now along side in Barbarian 4: "Watch this Barbarian 4." At 10:43 am, all nine 120 mm mortar rounds fell flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charlie Rock Strikes Back | 3/30/2003 | See Source »

BARBARA STYMIEST Stock Swapper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People to Watch In International Business | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Over the course of its yearlong court battle to squash music-swapper Napster, the RIAA was not known for its futurism. And with a host of other free-music sites out there - BearShare, Gnutella, Aimster, yada, yada, yada, - snapping up downloaders as we speak, Rosen's optimism for a more moral world of online music (or merely a more lucrative one for the record companies, whichever you prefer) may be a bit premature. But she's right about one thing - the Senate wasn't doing much more than holding a star-studded wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Napster Wake, er, Hearings | 4/3/2001 | See Source »

...will your swap leave you feeling so good about it? "It's very intimate being in someone else's home and life," says Lori Horne, who was an avid swapper before she bought the Intervac network 10 years ago. But intimacy can cut both ways. While your guests have their feet up on your ottoman, gazing at the photographs of your children, sipping coffee from your "World's Greatest Dad" mug, you may be frantically calling home to ask why their washing machine keeps spinning your clothes but never wets them. (They have thoughtfully left the instructions out, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House Swapping | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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