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...difference between Friendster and thefacebook.com, though, was that Friendster was essentially a dating network—albeit a more socially acceptable one than most. There was that little white lie that was implicit in its warm ’n’ fuzzy title, that this was about friends meeting friends, and no one was in the slightest bit desperate and dateless—they were all just looking for “activity partners,” as Friendster’s code engineers let us say in place of any overt indicator of romantic interest. This clever masquerade...
...because it has rejuvenated its audience with edgier shows. Survivor is MTV's The Real World redone as a game show, and 33 million people watched the post--Super Bowl debut of Survivor: All-Stars, with the return of player Richard Hatch, who spent much of the episode nude (albeit pixelated). CSI, TV's most popular drama, may be the goriest show in broadcast. So what's a ratings-greedy mogul...
Wester runs his own one-man welding business. His income is solidly middle class. And he has a health-insurance policy--albeit one with a $3,000 deductible--to cover himself, his wife Richelle and a teenage daughter. Wester thought the couple's newborn son Hunter would automatically be covered. He thought wrong. That was his first lottery loss...
...that creates a long-odds game. Rather, it is a Congress that enacts laws to assure all people of being accorded the same rights, enjoying the same incentives and rewards, and benefiting from the same protections when they suffer from events beyond their control. Some government functions--albeit more often at the local and state levels--still work that way. After all, the police don't ask you how much money you make when you call 911, nor do fire fighters. But in Washington something has gone seriously awry. In a series of investigative reports between now and the presidential...
Members of the women’s varsity hockey team ran in their uniforms, albeit slightly more revealing than the standard pads and masks...