Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What becalms a legend most? Familiarity and longevity are the twin chief curses of American celebrity. Hustling Pepsi on TV -- in the foxy company of a trio of backup singers hovering over the keyboard, dispensing flash-point smiles -- may do wonders for the soda, but it does tend to sell soul a bit short. It's tough to be a genius and a pitchman at the same time, especially when the TV spots contain more concentrated energy than your last half-dozen albums...
...owns a copy of every piece of software he or she uses, and who fully abides by every license restriction. Most people can't afford it, and the rest unwittingly violate license terms. For example, how many people actually place the software copyright notice on their one and only backup disk...
Fires quickly broke out, launching thick, acrid smoke up hundreds of stairwells and elevator banks. In both towers the electricity went out, including emergency backup systems. Even on the highest floors, workers were stunned by the speed at which smoke flew upward. David Deshane, 25, was on the 105th floor when he felt the explosion. "All the computers shut down, then all the phones shut down," he said. "Then all of a sudden we saw smoke ( everywhere." He ran to hit the fire-emergency button. "Nothing happened." In a panic, some people broke windows to admit air, sending daggers...
...have excellent people who will be able to serve and help us ... so it's not as if we lack for real quality backup. But if you lose your lead person, you've really got to work pretty hard to make up," Rudenstine said...
...HARDHEARTED MIGHT CALL VANESSA PARADIS France's revenge on us for Euro Disney; she is a model who sings. Having conquered France with her willfully vapid bubble-gum pop, Paradis, 19, has now made her self-titled American debut. For help in her songwriting and backup instrumentals, she chose producer Lenny Kravitz, the irony-free purveyor of heavy-handed homages to late-1960s rock. Together, Paradis and Kravitz make a slick but shallow couple. On cuts like Your Love Has Got a Handle on My Mind, Paradis's slinky, coquettish voice lightens Kravitz's ponderous touch, but even their best...