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...that an accurate voting process be put in place. It might be expensive and would probably include massive voter-education drives and an improved ballot design. But in whatever manner our vote is submitted, it must be accurately counted the first time and not be subject to interpretation. BILL WATT Columbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...only we knew what they were going to do next. Because it doesn't always come up roses. James Watt's steam engine generated an Industrial Revolution that gave us a democracy of possessions--and over-population, acid rain, the Love Canal, disappearing forests, tattered ozone layers and Scud missiles. Medical miracles lengthen our lives and take national welfare provision to the edge of crisis. Electronic globalization moves jobs elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inventors & Inventions | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Mention a new season for the Harvard women's basketball team, and Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith's eyes light up brighter than a 100-watt light bulb. Mention her new players and she's more excited than a five-year-old child during the winter holidays. Mention her tough schedule and she espouses confidence like she were a presidential candidate declaring victory before the votes were counted...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Only Injuries Can Stop W. Hoops | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

Brightening home (add high-watt bulbs, new drapes) $86-$110 $768-$935 769% Update kitchen/bath $1546-$2120 $3823-$4885 138% Landscaping/trimming $432-$506 $1594-$1839 266% Fix plumbing/electrical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Aug. 7, 2000 | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...environment and gave a speech that was long on Mom and Dad's farm back in Tennessee and short on mention of one George W. Bush. The sticks and stones he left to surrogates, like League of Conservation Voters president Deb Callahan, who bashed Bush as being "more James Watt than Teddy Roosevelt" while Gore stood on the stage in silence (he did look a little uncomfortable). Other surrogates were unapologetic. "If the League... wants to contrast the mess in Texas with Al Gore's pro-family, pro-environment record, that's their decision," shrugged Gore spokesman Chris Lehane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Cuddly Al! (Or, Why Gore Went Warm 'n' Fuzzy) | 5/31/2000 | See Source »

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