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The Riedel family glassmaking tradition dates back 10 generations, to 17th century Bohemia. The present-day design concept is basic Bauhaus: form follows function, in this case a form that brings out the best in its contents and can even help disguise a fault or two. The volume and shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artisans | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

Despite this disability, bike riding remains my favorite pastime at home. Frightened by the brick streets and motorists of Cambridge, I indulge in the bike path near my house that peacefully slices through suburbia. My accessories, however, are not restricted to my Walkman. I also sport sunglasses, a large Red...

Author: By Kristen E. Kitchen, | Title: POSTCARD FROMWINTER PARK, FLA.: Tanless in Florida | 7/20/2001 | See Source »

Ready? Let's go. In the beginning, writing is difficult. Maybe it's just me; my handwriting was the bane of my schoolteachers and has gotten progressively more illegible ever since. The thickness of the chrome-colored Chatpen doesn't help. Worse, my normal writing grip - I use my middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Write Stuff | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

Thompson, operating out of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University, found that 82 percent of Kilimanjaro's icecap melted between 1912 and 2000. He also found that the rate of disintegration may be speeding up; Thompson's measurements show one spot on the mountain's icecap lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'The Dusty Rocks of Kilimanjaro' Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

The surveillance system, FaceTrac, is based on technology originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach computers to recognize their users, and was installed by a Pennsylvania firm called Graphco Technologies. "It takes everything from forehead to chin," explains Tom Colatosti, CEO of Viisage, whose software drives FaceTrac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Snooper Bowl | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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