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Singin' like a Bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 19, 2001 | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...latest issue Uncle Gabby discovers a baby bird outside his window. Already something seems wrong. The baby bird looks and acts like a real baby bird. It doesn't talk or look cute. Anne-Louise, the little girl who takes care of Uncle Gabby and Mr. Crow, warns them against playing with it. But Uncle Gabby really thinks the bird will get a kick out of his new toy, Chinese Handcuffs. Soon the poor thing plummets to its death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Millionaire's Sock Monkey Offers Strange Comfort | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

...sense that make it hard to dismiss "Sock Monkey" as something pointlessly ironic. The other part is Millionaire's talent for language. Characters have a strange, arched sort of "voice," unlike any I've experienced. At one point Mr. Crow says, "Why is it that I am the only bird on the American scene who cannot fly?" It's that "on the American scene" that gets me. Such stylings have a stilted delicacy that perfectly matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Millionaire's Sock Monkey Offers Strange Comfort | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

eBay is also the Internet's clearest example of a company that has exploited its "first mover" advantage. The lore among Internet strategists was that whoever nabbed Web space early would have a commanding commercial lead. The failure of a long list of early-bird dotcoms, from CompuServe to eToys, has proved that wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay's Bid to Conquer All | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY Galapagos bird endangered by tanker oil spill. Man takes an evolutionary step backward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 5, 2001 | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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