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...North American book tour and other projects have stolen Rowling's writing time. Chief amoung these projects are two Harry Potter companion books Rowling is writing for a U.K. charity called Comic Relief. The books, "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", will appear under the pseudonyms of Kennilworthy Whisp and Newt Scamander on March 12. Rowling will donate net proceeds to the Harry Potter Fund at Comic Relief, U.K., a charity set up to help children in developing countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Potter and the Delayed Pub Date | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

Nationwide, Canadian candidates appear in the same order on the ballots. This enables national newspapers as well as TV stations to show the ballots well in advance of the actual election day, reducing a chance that a confusing Palm Beach County ballot could sway an election. Another feature of the Canadian election system is that no precincts are larger than 500 people, making hand-counts and possible recounts much more viable...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Fixing a Broken System | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...meeting with the president to convey the military's discontent. General Izurieta, too, warned that the ruling harmed "the climate of tranquility" in Chile, although as it turned out, only a couple of hundred people turned out to demonstrate on the former dictator's behalf. Still, the generals appear to have forced President Lagos, after a meeting Wednesday, to reluctantly agree to convene Chile's national security council, a constitutional body established by Pinochet which gives the military a voice in politics in moments of national crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Washington Should Be Putting in a Call to Chile's Generals | 12/5/2000 | See Source »

...first blush, Glenn Beane didn't appear to be the stuff of which industrialists are made. A painter, sculptor and filmmaker, he had studied art at Syracuse University, then returned to Laconia, where he converted an old farm building into a sculpture studio and bronze foundry. There, during the years Alan spent as an entrepreneur, Glenn created his art and took in the odd commercial job, like casting bronze propellers for boats. "That's how I made money and put wine on the table," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Factory For A New Age | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...imagine this: you're sitting at a computer equipped with a steering wheel, gas pedal, brake and stick shift. Words appear on the screen at a speed you determine by applying the pedals. Your eyes don't waste time with saccadic jumps, since there's never more than one word on the screen at a time. The wheel steers you between chapters; the stick shift takes you to the next book. Before you know it, your brain has become some kind of jet-powered Maserati. Reading regular text, you're considered fleet of eye if you hit 400 words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Team Xerox | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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