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...tricky on the MUDs. Because you can be anything you want to be -- a tall Xantian with purple eyes or a gorgeous earthling hunk -- there is quite a bit of gender swapping going on. "A lot of men pretend to be women so they can have more virtual sex," says Amy Bruckman, an M.I.T. researcher studying social interaction on MUDs. "A lot of women pretend to bemen so they'll be left alone." Tracy (not her real name), a 28-year-old writer, oftenassumes the identity of a macho, beer-guzzling, care-for-nothing college student. She says it gives...
...Gore is standing tall this week in his role as chief bureaucracy buster. Only three months ago, however, he was falling back on the self-deprecating humor that has seen many a Vice President through the insecurities of office. Early on the Saturday morning when David Gergen came on board, Gore was sitting in front of a computer trying to write a press release that would explain exactly what Gergen would be doing. The Vice President began to type: "We are delighted to have David Gergen joining us as Counsellor to the President. In addition to taking on the responsibilities...
...Chua-Eoan, who edited this week's cover story on the Rocky Mountain boom in addition to our coverage of Michael Jackson's woes and the frantic behind-the-scenes fine-tuning of Bill Clinton's health-care proposal. Instead of a more traditional ficus plant, a 6-ft.-tall inflatable Godzilla peers from one corner of Howard's work space, while Gumby covers the exit. A prehistoric pteranodon (with a 6-ft. wingspan) swoops over story conferences from its perch on the ceiling. Souvenirs sent from all over the world by friends and colleagues line the bookshelves. "Some people...
...three months, Hough would turn in his badge and trade his rented Orange County, California, condo for a $103,000 cedar house on 2.5 acres of woodland in idyllic Bailey, Colorado. "It's been tough looking for a new job," he says, gazing at snowcapped Mount Evans through the tall pines outside his picture window. "But we have no regrets. It's been a great move -- for family, for affordability, for all-round quality of life...
...bits of circumstantial evidence add up. Some consist of items seized from defendants' living quarters, notably a big haul from Nosair's apartment that languished unexamined after the Kahane slaying. It supposedly yielded "formulas for the construction of bombs," and video and audio tapes advocating the destruction of tall buildings...