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The assault of the Salonistas

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The online magaine Salon.com went public in June 1999, but mergers, such as that of AOL and Time Warner, are destroying the Internet atmosphere in which it was created. The magazine struggles for its independence, despite takeover rumors.

Author: Thorpe, Helen
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Management, Online services, Internet services, Salon.com (Periodical), Talbot, David

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The great hand-me-down heap

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American affluence is graphically illustrated by the huge clothing pile a Johnson's Ropa Usada secondhand warehouse in McAllen, Texas, where a part of the nearly $1 billion of US used-clothing exports are sold for 30 cents per pound.

Author: Thorpe, Helen, Wilson, Laura
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Mexico, Texas, Cover Story, Clothing industry, Cost and standard of living, Cost of living, Secondhand industry, McAllen, Texas

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Home leave: questions for Henry Cisneros

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Henry Cisneros' new venture with Kaufman and Broad is an affordable-home firm, AmericanCity Vista. He is not bitter about being tossed from the Clinton cabinet for the same offense that Clinton himself committed.

Author: Thorpe, Helen
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Officials and employees, Personal narratives, Political aspects, Interview, Adultery, Cisneros, Henry, American CityVista, Mexican American leadership

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