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...Maude. "She is a Roosevelt liberal who has her feet firmly planted in the '40s." Maude knows how to arrange all the right-thinking enlightened attitudes around herself, but when she is challenged they open up like gunwales on a galleon, and she blazes away with broadsides at feckless repairmen, greedy cab drivers and her priggish right-wing neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Team Behind Archie Bunker & Co. | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...LINE HANDYMEN Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your VCR, let alone your newfangled DVD? Just wait until your 3-D holographic TV won't power up or your talking toaster starts mouthing off. Remote diagnostics will take care of most of your home electronics, but a few repairmen will still make house calls...via video phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Be the 10 Hottest Jobs? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...worst case is that the tenant won't even let us or the repairmen in," Schloming says. "And when we finally fix whatever the problem is, another one appears...

Author: By Brady R. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Does Senate Bill 541 take away tenants' rights to a day in court or prevent landlords from being cheated? | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...worst case is that the tenant won't even let us or the repairmen in," Schloming says. "And when we finally fix whatever the problem is, another one appears...

Author: By Brady R. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: LANDLORDS VERSUS TENANTS | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...graduate of a technical high school, Kim has brought engineering smarts to a low-tech business. Curbside shoe repairmen are still a common sight in Korea, so Kim's store is a shock to many customers. It is stocked with a huge array of heels, soles and polishes. Shoes Kim has miraculously salvaged sit out on display. Up by the front window is the computer he uses to track orders and customers. Boasts Kim: "They are surprised when I tell them I programmed it myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Korea Thinks Small | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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