Word: angelized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long does the magic last? For Hobbs it was one season, filled with glories of a cosmic scale. He saved the New York Knights, saved Pop, and broke the bad gamblers with one cascade of the stadium lights. The Knights needed an angel desperately. After 116 wins and counting, the Yankees maybe didn't; after the yearlong McGwire-and-Sosa show, baseball maybe didn't either. But there's always room for one more...
...incarnation: Shane Spencer of the New York Yankees. Just like Redford's Roy Hobbs, he's a nobody from nowhere and at 26, a little old maybe to be breaking into the bigs. Unlike the hero of Barry Levinson's gorgeous, myth-infused baseball fable, Spencer is neither angel, Christ figure, nor the best there ever was. But he's one hell of a hitter...
...shoulder Teledesic aside is Skybridge, an Alcatel venture with allies including Sharp, Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba. This summer, Skybridge upped its number of proposed satellites from 64 to 80 and plans to deliver zippy Net connections to the world's more populated areas by 2001. Then there's Angel Technologies, a privately held firm that envisions bouncing signals off a squadron of high-altitude planes circling above metropolitan areas. (Finding pilots may be a problem.) Angel execs say they'll be able to provide commercial Net access by 2000. Another scheme, from Sky Station, would employ blimps the size...
Enter Pax TV, which wants to fill a niche as the network that parents can feel comfortable about watching with their kids. Its schedule is filled with reruns of such wholesome network shows as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Touched by an Angel; and Diagnosis Murder, along with original fare such as Woman's Day, a talk show with Phyllis George as co-host; Reel to Reel, a movie-trivia game show; and It's a Miracle, featuring true-life inspirational stories. "We want to be a safe haven for viewing: free of violence, free of overt sex and free...
...Look Homeward, Angel, Thomas Wolfe