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...neither see nor hear them. The males, they discovered, "smell" the females, grabbing their fragrance out of the air with exquisitely sensitive antennae. Once that fragrance was isolated, it was found to be powerful indeed, able to stimulate millions of moths with concentrations of less than one 300-millionth of an ounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Following Our Noses | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...would the forebears of Bob Lloyd, the Missourian who runs Bodine Aluminum in St. Louis and nearby Troy. Here Japanese workers hold Shinto ceremonies to celebrate milestones such as a new furnace or the casting of the 1 millionth engine part. "Our people think the plant ceremonies are a riot," says Lloyd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYOTA ROAD USA | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...sure exactly when the realization sank in, but I have a feeling it was sometime between the millionth radio-play of "Macarena" and the million-and-first of That Fujees Song. School schedules may vary; temperatures may dip and soar, but there's no more predictable indicator of the arrival of summer than the calculated, bankable megahits of the entertainment industry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Seduction' of America | 8/2/1996 | See Source »

...frolicking strain of "Macarena" drifts out of radios and into psyches across America, the vixenly voice seems to amplify and to speak for a whole moment of cultural transaction between mass entertainment marketers and the haplessly bombarded citizen. For the five-millionth time, the lyric wends its way out of the chorus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Seduction' of America | 8/2/1996 | See Source »

When TIME Online started, it drew about 40,000 visitors a week. Now, as it marks its first anniversary, more than 70,000 users check out TIME Online each week, and the service recently logged on its three-millionth visitor. Says TIME public affairs director Robert Pondiscio: "A year ago, very few magazine publishers had even heard of online services. Now almost every magazine in America is either online or thinking about going online, or losing sleep, worrying if they've missed the boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Oct. 3, 1994 | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

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