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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...thing" - good reason to clear the island of that whippersnapper, who was also sleeping with Colleen but flirting with Richard. And Sean? He voted for Greg because he's going in alphabetical order, and Gervase - who, incidentally, is still the laziest castaway since Mrs. Howell - had immunity. (My new pick for winner: Xerxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 'Survivor,' Richard Is Mr. Fascinating | 7/20/2000 | See Source »

...What's an island whip like Richard to do? Keep scheming, and hope for the best. The three wild cards must seem like easy targets - although as head string-puller you'd think he'd do viewers a favor and pick off charisma dead weights Susan, Sean and Kelly, in that order. We shall see. In the meantime, host Jeff Probst finally earns his journalistic stripes by asking Richard the big question: How does a schemer survive the final vote, in which the last seven kicked off choose between the final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 'Survivor,' Richard Is Mr. Fascinating | 7/20/2000 | See Source »

...with "Roxanne." Furlow, the adoption "facilitator," sent frequent e-mail updates on Roxanne and her boyfriend's soap-opera lives, and the Mostroms, in return, sent Furlow $4,500. Right after the baby was born, they bought plane tickets to Philadelphia, assured by Furlow that they could come pick up their baby. Kelly rushed out to tell her co-workers and buy an angel pin for Furlow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empty Crib | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

When bribery fails, oenophiles turn to auctions and rare-wine dealers. Clark Gibson not only paid $600 for a $59 Sine Qua Non 1997 Imposter McCoy Syrah, he also drove from Chicago to pick it up. At the 20th annual Napa Valley Wine Auction for charity last month, collector Chase Bailey bid $500,000 for a single six-liter bottle of a 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet, the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of wine. Under what circumstances do you imbibe a half-million-dollar bottle of wine? "I haven't the slightest idea," says Bailey. "Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reason to Drink Slowly | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...sister company, RocketBook, is also relaunching, with a monochrome device that will cost nothing as long as you pay $20 a month for a set number of downloads. If you're a voracious reader who doesn't care about color pictures, that will be the model to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unmaking Book | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

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