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Some, though, are skeptical that a voluntary system will work. "If anybody's going to make money off your identity," says Fred Davis, chief executive officer of the software start-up Lumeria, based in Berkeley, Calif., "it should be you." And, of course, Fred Davis. Due in early 1999, Lumeria's software will, among other things, help you control your data, keeping nosy marketers from grabbing your profile unless you let them. In fact, Davis thinks companies will eventually pay for the privilege ("Hey, visitor No. 85834: we see you bought Titanic last week. We'll give you 500 frequent...
...took a while for Fred Tuttle's life to become art. But once that happened, politics followed. For 50 years, Tuttle, 79, was a dairy farmer until bad health--three heart attacks, cataracts, arthritis, diabetes, prostate cancer--forced him to retire in 1989. Then John O'Brien, a neighbor and local filmmaker, cast Tuttle as the lead in his 1996 film, Man with a Plan. In the movie a retired dairy farmer, also named Fred Tuttle, runs for Congress because, well, he needs the money. "I spent all my time in the barn," the fictional Fred tells voters...
...perhaps Democratic incumbent Patrick Leahy--is upset that Tuttle won. Republican officials are shocked to find themselves saddled with a candidate who says of his opponent, "I like Pat. He's a smart man, and he's done a good job." Tuttle's wife Dottie refused to vote for Fred, and wishes this foolishness would stop. "I hope they have more sense than to vote for my husband," she snaps. And Tuttle says his bid against McMullen, who has lived in Vermont only about a year, was meant to be a protest run. "Someone asked him what he would...
Approximately 65 students were treated last night to a lively political discussion led by Fred Zollo, a famous film and theater producer, who is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Politics...
...their kids use "Monica" like a cussword. They kept asking each other how they were supposed to explain to their constituents why the President of the U.S. was allowed to keep his job after admitting to behavior that would get a high school principal fired. Even Republicans like Representative Fred Upton, a moderate Michigander, called for Clinton's resignation after being asked over and over by voters what he could do about it. When Newt Gingrich heard about his colleague's announcement on returning from several weeks out of town, even the Speaker could hardly believe it. "Wow, things have...