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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sets of mice on board--in case you prefer one type over the other--Apple's pointing system has evolved on the new laptops so that the (only) mouse consists of a single glass touch pad. Push the entire pad down to click, or configure it so a double tap does the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born to Hand Jive | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...restore that lost credibility, without which no professional sport can thrive, the NBA surprised everyone by going way outside the sports world to tap Johnson, who commanded the Army Corps of Engineer's reconstruction efforts in Iraq from 2003 to '04. Johnson, who spent the past 32 years as a combat engineer, has no experience in sports administration and has refereed only the occasional youth game. When asked for his reaction to Johnson's hiring, Hue Hollins, a 27-year NBA official who retired in 2003, says, "I passed out. You'd think you'd hire someone who knows something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Army General Whip NBA Refs into Shape? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...year) until they are equal to or less than the amount of carbon sequestered by the oceans and plant life (which removed about 4.8 billion tons of carbon last year). It's just like water in a bathtub - unless more water is draining out than flowing in from the tap, eventually the bathtub will overflow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Public Doesn't Get About Climate Change | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...professors surreptitiously monitored?” he asked. “Does the University tap telephones, monitor e-mails, or operate hidden cameras on campus without subpoena...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Express Concerns Over Implementation of Calendar Reform | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...beneath the obvious challenges he faces lies a deeper source for McCain's troubles in Florida, the swing state which, he acknowledged at the Miami rally, his struggling campaign "must win." It's not so much that McCain didn't tap Crist for his ticket; rather, it's the widespread feeling that McCain hasn't tapped into the more civil, issues-driven political style that most Floridians have embraced since Crist was elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Got McCain Down in Florida | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

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