Word: channeler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...older generation of Kennedys died fighting for the great causes of the century: Joe Kennedy Jr. went down over the English Channel, fighting Hitler. His brothers John and Robert were assassinated in the midst of crusades--against communism, for civil rights--that they were prepared to die for. This younger branch of the family has always sailed smaller boats in higher winds. As a teenager, Michael jumped off a 75-ft. cliff above the Snake River in Wyoming during a rafting trip. Brother Robert, while at Harvard, leaped 10 feet between two six-story dorms on a dare...
...Weather Channel: "Painted Faces" Sure, the 24-hr. channel could tout its forecasts. But this inspired campaign wants you to know that "if hell freezes over, you'll hear it here first." In a weather-themed bar, two rabid tube watchers breathlessly await the weekend outlook. The upshot is as clear as a blue sky: "Weather fans, you're not alone...
DIED. EDDIE CHAPMAN, 83, British crook turned World War II double agent; in London. Serving time on the Channel Islands for his sticky fingers, Chapman was sprung by German occupiers who sent him to blow up an English factory. He faked the demolition with the aid of a master illusionist and returned to Germany a hero--code-named "Zig Zag" by his new friends, British intelligence...
Which isn't to say that only computer stuff is selling online. Millions of people are buying airplane tickets and books and cars and all manner of CDs. iQVC, the online arm of the home-shopping channel, moves $100,000 worth of tchotchkes a day over the Web. International Data Corp. estimates that shoppers will spend $8.5 billion online this year (and $155 billion by 2001.) But Dell tops the pack...
BLOCK THE BLOCKER? Calcium-channel blockers for hypertension, already thought to raise cancer risk, may also lead to memory loss...