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...Only Gore can convince those reactionary corporate pawns in the Senate to ratify the prudent Kyoto Protocol. Only Gore has written a book--a whole book!--on the subject, refreshingly entitled Earth in the Balance. Only Gore, therefore, can save civilization from the preeminent crisis now facing it, climactic Armageddon precipitated by human-driven global warming...
...ritual Thursday night drinkfest, I ran into a friend of mine. He invited me to join a group to go on a daytrip up to Manchester, N.H., to shoot various handguns and machine guns. No, he wasn’t dressed in army fatigues or preparing for Armageddon much like those punk kids in the pit, but rather he was a quiet, unassuming nice guy who you’d envision more at home on the links than shooting off a couple of caps. So with a great deal of curiosity and a bit of childhood nostalgia, I agreed...
...more than 50 online competitors are eyeing the one place we, the most overentertained culture ever, are still bored: the office. Likewise the producers Brillstein-Grey and 3 Arts are set to roll out Z.com a site that has signed Oliver Stone (Nixon, J.F.K.), producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Armageddon, Top Gun) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Magic Johnson). Among Z.com's acquisitions is a six-minute pilot for a claymation series called Rotten Fruit, about an English band whose members curse at one another. You don't need much of an idea for a six-minute show. But for that...
...small stake of Kadlec dollars) and has doggedly held on to the stock, believing that MO is the ultimate value play. Sanborn figures the company could easily raise prices if needed. For instance, it covered its state settlement with a 75 cents-a-pack price hike. The "armageddon risk" of a jury bankrupting the company is overstated. And Congress won't knock the Marlboro Man out of his saddle. Too many jobs are at stake, and then no one would be able to collect...
This money was not only insurance against Armageddon; it had secondary benefits for the companies and individuals involved in the effort. First, many companies' outdated computer systems were updated, enabling them to meet consumers' needs faster and more efficiently. Furthermore, the experience of finding dangers hidden in seemingly innocuous software has forced companies to examine their software for other bugs and regard their systems in a more critical light...