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...just a plain fan, the 1996 World Series left you breathless. And if you were an older fan, you were so reminded of the passion play between the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees in the 1957 and 1958 World Series that you half expected the Yankees' Bullet Bob Turley to come in from the bullpen to face Frank Torre, who was then the Braves' first baseman and not just Yankee manager Joe Torre's older brother...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It's important to remember that there is no magic bullet that can be shot out of Washington to make our economic worries go away...
...vagaries that trigger expensive false starts, Grove offers a useful primer on what to look for. His deep understanding of the history of technology and his engineer's perspective on scientific revolutions make him a companionable guide. Among his "tests" for recognizing approaching shifts: imagine you have one silver bullet to place in the heart of your toughest competitor; when you start aiming the pistol at a new player, you'll know things are changing...
...online entrepreneurs, these 'coins,' digital markers of your money, could be the magic bullet that makes commerce viable on the Web. Suppose that, say, a certain TIME writer wants to promote his short stories online. Putting them on a Web site is a breeze. But suppose he wants to charge readers 50[cents] a story? Nobody's going to fork over a credit-card number for that...
With just over four minutes left in the game and Harvard trailing 7-5, sophomore Mike Zimmerman ripped a bullet shot into the left corner past Princeton goalie Erik...