Word: blanks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Midway through the first period, Union forward Chris Ford broke free from the Harvard defense, whipped two point-blank shots on Prestifilippo who blocked the first with his chest and then calmly gloved the second blast...
...Philadelphia 76ers had consistency in their lineups as well. It wasn't about the money, it was about winning. It may be a myth, but I remember a story of Larry Bird walking into contract negotiations with Red Auerbach and before Red said a word Larry supposedly signed a blank contract telling Red to fill in the salary. It is inconceivable to imagine anyone doing that today...
Throughout the rest of the first half, Harvard's Dupuis kept his team in the game save after save. Twice in the closing minutes of the half, Dupuis made diving saves against point blank shots by Hartford's strong attackers...
...anyone is truly threatened by the rise of the Web, it's the record labels' longtime partners, the retail chains. Right now Web fans still have to make do with tinny RealAudio sound clips. There is no technological barrier, however, to downloading entire albums, in pristine digital quality, onto blank CDs--a prospect the Sam Goody stores of the world view with dread. But that's the way it has always been with rock 'n' roll. One person's dream is another's nightmare...
...alive with the sound of music, why can't you just down-load it directly onto a blank CD? In fact, you can--for a price. Writable (as opposed to read-only) CD technology has been available for years from companies like Philips, and the price of recorders, which until recently ranged from $1,000 to $1,200, has dropped as low as $700. Now Sony is aggressively marketing a minidisc recorder-player that sells for about $500. Blank minidiscs cost from $4 to $7 apiece--about half the price of the standard prerecorded...