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...have but one nit to pick with Micron. A few months ago, I had occasion to call the 24-hour toll-free support line on behalf of my older Millennia. The machine came with Windows 95; naturally, I updated to Windows 98 as soon as I could. But now the Micron help guy said he wasn't allowed to support it--the machine had been "altered." This is a hugely cheesy way to treat customers. Still, even if you plan on altering it, a Millennia Max, with a 450-MHz Pentium II chip that's even faster than mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Way and Mine | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Sullivan, who spent 25 years working in Washington as both a journalist and political aide, said the pressures of life within the Beltway takes a toll on women with young children, especially when both parents work. Politicians have little say over when their events and caucuses take place, she said...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women Discuss Public Life | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

After issuing repeated warnings to Seaboard, the Oklahoma agriculture department fined the firm $157,500 in December 1997 for improper disposal. After an appeal, the company paid the state $88,200 for the infractions. In all, the Seaboard death toll reached 48 hogs an hour in 1997--420,000 for the year. And the carcasses are picked up only once a day--assuming the dead-pig truck is on schedule. Sometimes it isn't. Which is why at any given moment during the day there are hundreds of dead hogs lying about the fields of Texas County...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: The Empire Of The Pigs | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

Brrrrring! The alarm goes off, and another day crammed with classes, sports, homework, appointments and sometimes jobs begins. Benjamin Franklin, no squanderer of time, would be impressed by the schedules kept by today's children. But the hectic pace takes its toll. With their kids' lives carved up into blocks of time for soccer, scouts and homework, what should parents do--and not do--to help them manage their time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents' Guide: Time Flies | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...students also say years of heavy use and neglect have taken their toll on the College's handful of public typewriters, leading some to purchase their own typewriters and forcing the rest to make...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Computer Age Can't Kill the Typewriter | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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