Word: reading
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...helm, media critics were convinced that newsweeklies had seen better days, especially with talk of 500 cable channels--and that was before the Internet, with its myriad possibilities, exploded onto the scene. Yet Walter and his staff have proved the pundits wrong, making TIME a lively, incisive and must-read magazine. He brought to the job his passion for politics, technology, business and social issues. He also brought a new generation of young writers to TIME and made it a fun and exciting place to work. As a result, today's TIME is a crisply written, deeply reported magazine that...
...that culminated with the selection of Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century; two enterprising series by Don Barlett and Jim Steele that investigated corporate welfare and campaign finance; and Walter's own writing, including his profile of Bill Gates, which remains the best piece I have ever read on the Microsoft billionaire. But even more important than these highlights was TIME's editorial consistency, its cruising speed, which also rose to new levels...
...never hurts to use a little common sense. If you can't find a pair of drugstore glasses that work for your eyes, you probably need to give up and pay for a prescription pair. Even if you find a pair of glasses that you can read with, don't use that as an excuse to skip regular eye exams. There are other conditions--such as glaucoma--for which you should be checked. Consider the money you save on drugstore glasses as partial payment for your next trip to the eye doctor...
Sooner or later we all discover that our arms just aren't long enough to read anymore. You know the problem. You can't focus on the small type in books and magazines and on aspirin bottles at your normal reading distance, and so you start moving the print farther and farther away. If you haven't already experienced this trombone effect, don't worry, you will. Starting around age 40, the lenses in most people's eyes start to weaken. You begin to lose the ability to focus on things close up and have to resort to bifocals...
...recent college graduate with a degree in political science, I read your stories about the presidential candidates with great interest. Your reports had the ability to influence some potential "swing" voters, and I commend you for your excellent job in reporting the facts. This presidential campaign has sparked lively debate among my friends, and I attribute a lot of this interest to your magazine. Without TIME, many arguments would not have taken place, and many young voters would have missed out on being educated on the issues. ALLISON KORTNY BROWNING Statesboro...