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...invited me to hang out with a dozen friends in his parents' living room, where they tried to make me feel better. "We all enjoyed watching the principal squirm and turn red in the face," Adam offered. I was also told I was in good company because Star Trek Voyager's LeVar Burton spoke last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Drop-In | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...invited me to hang out with a dozen friends in his parents' living room, where they tried to make me feel better. "We all enjoyed watching the principal squirm and turn red in the face," Adam offered. I was also told I was in good company because Star Trek Voyager's LeVar Burton spoke last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Drop-In | 7/1/2001 | See Source »

It’s been a strange process. Distinguished professors trek from hearing to hearing, shuttling to meet with the staff of six different members of Congress for fifteen minutes at a time. Every constituency and voting bloc is stroked—to the pro-life, the message is protecting the lives of embryos; to the pro-choice, it’s promoting the safety of women; and to minorities, it's avoiding the dangers of eugenics. Briefings and luncheons held to advertise the bills attract hordes of hungry interns, and a few curious staffers. Hearings are held, as scripted...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: POSTCARD FROM WASHINGTON: The Clone Wars | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

Before coming to the mall, I tried out the MA-IV at the Xybernaut headquarters. I surfed the Web, first checking out some Star Trek sites (it seemed the appropriate thing to do), then the soccer scores and my e-mail. I considered playing an online computer game, but then remembered that I'm lousy at those. So I sent a how-are-you message to my boss in Hong Kong. For the first 10 minutes I fumbled with the tiny keyboard and trackball. But soon I was able to write entire sentences with relative ease - about 10 words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch and Wear | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...president, of the autonomous northern region in the May 13 elections. Most commentators agreed, especially after the PP and the Socialists joined in an informal coalition to dislodge the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), whose incumbent 'lehendakari', Juan José Ibarretxe, looks a lot like Mr. Spock from Star Trek, and whose oratory is as awkward as Mayor Oreja's is fluid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks, But No Thanks | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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