Word: bets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROSPECTS A sure bet; House Speaker Gingrich had the idea before Clinton...
...hates to step out of his idiom, but he likes to help any way he can. We learn from Mike McCurry that the Prez has a movie planned for Saturday night. We bet we know what it is. Wag the Dog, as you may have heard, is practically showing on the news these days. The pithier and very funny version, however, is at theaters now, and it may well be affecting our foreign policy at this sensitive juncture...
...come and go, but the Digital Subscriber Line is one you'd better believe in. Why? Because when the combined forces of Compaq, Intel, Microsoft and the Baby Bells join forces on a product, and say they'll have it in stores by Christmas, you can bet the bank you'll be unwrapping it this December. It makes commercial sense for all concerned: "Microsoft and Intel's business depends on increasing bandwith," says TIME senior writer and tech expert Joshua Ramo, "and the margins in the phone business suck...
...irrepressible Gillett is a good bet to explore all avenues. By acquiring relatively modest sites like New Hampshire's Waterville Valley and Mount Cranmore, and California's Northstar-at-Tahoe and Bear Mountain, Gillett is hoping to create high-volume regional resorts within driving distance of major population centers--attractions for day skiers. "You've got to start somewhere," he says of this strategy...
...years old." With these words, writer-director Kasi Lemmons begins a story of family love, lust and deceit. Samuel L. Jackson and Debbi Morgan shine in--what? The best film ever made by a black American? Could well be. The year's most haunting family drama? You bet...