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...homes; instead, the fiber-optic trunk lines branch into twisted pairs of copper wires, which carry far less information directly to the customer. That means the companies must either replace this so-called last mile with fiber-optic cable or find a way to compress the data through the thin copper openings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights! Camera! Dial Tone! | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

This film succeeds because, like all good literature, it tells the truth. Despite the fact the film is 27 years old, it accurately portrays the anxiety and revelation of young love and post-graduate life. Unlike 1967, though, we no longer wear thin ties and (except at Harvard) very few wait until after college graduation to lose their virginity...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Brattle Presents Old and New Classics | 8/12/1994 | See Source »

They're the rage this season -- long, flowing skirts made of rayon or rayon-cotton-blend fabric from India -- but they also may be deadly, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. The thin material can be consumed by fire in less than three seconds. Do you own one? The skirts have a layer of sheer chiffon over a gauze underskirt with an elastic or drawstring waistband. Consumers are urged to stop wearing such garments immediately and return them to the store for a refund. Questions should be addressed to the toll-free hotline set up by the CPSC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLAMMABLE FASHION | 8/12/1994 | See Source »

...other pests; workers in masks and gloves stack the dead as chunks of rotting chordwood in loose piles. Beyond the dead, upon the roads and grassy fields are the living. Of course they can hardly be called such as most of them appear to be human skeletons shrouded in thin layers of skin and brightly colored clothing. Tragically these scenes are reminiscent of other scenes related by American GIS liberating the concentration camps in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Yet this is not Europe. This is Rwanda...

Author: By Jay Heath, | Title: Against a Sea of Troubles | 8/9/1994 | See Source »

...tall, pencil-thin general looks like a man in total control. Though Vice President and Defense Minister Paul Kagame is trading his uniform for suit and tie, no one doubts that the 37-year-old commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front wields the real power in his homeland. "This country needs to move," he says. "Someone must give it direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can The Strongman Make Peace? | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

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