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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three communicated via the Internet from their homes across the country--Bhushan in McLean, Va., Kay in Martinez, Ga. and Williams in Palos Verdes, Calif.--to create a web site that includes hands-on activities and templates to make your own tessellations...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Three First-Years Hit Jackpot in 'Net Contest | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the co-ed team was struggling through its ACCs at the Old Dominion course in Norfolk, Va. Harvard's contingent came into the event ranked fourth in the nation, but had trouble with the unfamiliar open-water conditions and could only muster a 12th place finish...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Falls Short at ACCs | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...least retain jobs. They were wrong. Volvo-GM closed a jointly owned plant (GM was the minority partner) in Orrville, Ohio, in 1996--just seven years after the county cut property and inventory taxes in half. Some 400 jobs were lost. The two automakers moved operations to Pulaski County, Va., where millions of dollars more in economic incentives awaited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...speaks very softly, a hint of his native Richmond, Va., still audible in his vowels. "I also spent some time, although not much time, in a zero-degree freezer unit like the one Conrad works in in the novel." Did he actually witness firsthand a "workout" session such as the one Charlie endures at PlannersBanc? "No," he says in the tone of a reporter stymied. "I tried everything, promised to dress like a banker and keep quiet, but I never could get into one. Still, I have five sources for that scene, and I know I'm right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tom Wolfe: A Man In Full | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Thanks, Oprah, for being you and for inspiring women all over the world. Lead on, ringmaster! NECIL B. OLIVER Powhatan, Va...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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