Word: clicked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rushing into a room only to forget what you were looking for? If you're worried about memory lapses, just flick on the TV. There are Annie Potts, former star of Designing Women, and Hector Elizondo of Chicago Hope hawking dueling versions of the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba. Or click on the website www.braingum.com where you can read about a "delicious" supplement derived from the compound phosphatidyl serine. All offer hope for improving memory and brain function...
...would be home mortgages. Unlike various other kinds of merchandise, they don't need to be tried on, smelled, tasted or prodded to determine how good they are or whether they fit. That is turning out not to be the case...so far. Americans still seem reluctant to double-click themselves into six-figure financial commitments. Though prospective borrowers are happy enough to do their research by computer, just 21% of folks polled for the 1999 Fannie Mae National Housing Survey said they would definitely or probably try financing a new home over the Internet. That's an increase...
...true, but what will this transformation mean for readers? Faced with an ever lengthening list of titles, many of dubious merit, readers may have to turn themselves into literary search engines. On the bright side, personal favorites that are noncommercial will never be more than a mouse click away. It's a confusing, if heartening, prospect. And while some industry experts predict that someday all books will be published this way, that day is probably years off. For now, the Howard Olsens of this world will be hunkered down at their word processors, hard at work, armed with...
...VITED If you think it's a drag to send out invitations by snail mail, consider a new website called evite.com All you need to do is fill out one of the site's prepared invitations and, with a click, send it off. It keeps track of acceptances, lets invitees make comments, even offers a place to pick, say, chicken or beef for dinner. There's a benefit for recipients too. They can peek at the R.S.V.P. list--and decide after casing the names on the acceptances whether it's a bash they would really like to attend...
Soon we're relaxed enough to think about more important things, like what music to play and where to eat. I click on upcoming exits and find the nearest Boston Market. I scan a list of local radio stations to find some easy listening. For up-to-the-minute status on how far we have to go, I just hit a key. At last, we're having...