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...then there is that most peculiar door at Monticello, the revolving serving door outside the dining room. One side has shelves. The other is flat. Food would be brought up from the basement kitchen and placed on the shelves on the outer side of the door. It would then be swung around. What did Jefferson and his guests see? Dinner, minus the slaves who prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Jefferson: The Sublime Oxymoron | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...including stockbrokers, truckers and prison guards. (She does not include magazine editors in this endangered group, another sign that she will go far at TIME.) Her colleague Daniel Eisenberg imagines the office of the future, which (with any luck) will feature chairs that give back rubs and walls of flat-screen monitors that will afford you a virtual view of the Matterhorn from downtown Toledo. Now if only we could predict the office gossip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Visions 21: Our Work, Our World | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...problem is that most of the people who are reading this couldn't spell Kevin McHale back when the last banner made its way up to the rafters. The Celts today are flat out boring to watch...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Bell Curve: New York State of Mind | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

...Knight is an icon who stands tall on the otherwise flat Indiana landscape. He makes alumni proud - and proud alumni send big, fat checks to the university development office. And luckily for Knight, his is the twisted realm of collegiate athletics, where the NCAA is king and where anyone who uses the word "responsible" is well advised to keep a dictionary handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something's Rotten in the State of Indiana | 5/16/2000 | See Source »

...same things," said Layra, 17. On the downside, they found the overall format and design dull. Unlike Alloy and Bolt, which pulsate with colors, animations and links, Kibu's haiku look--which features nothing but a series of faces on the opening page--got old fast. "It's too flat," said Aurin, 17. Others scoffed at topics like how to write a love letter ("If you need help writing a love letter, you're not in love," said Sheresa, 16) and got bored with lengthy text interviews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicks That Click | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

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