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...manufacturers make souped-up handsets and the networks are idle?while the world continues to simply talk on their cell phones. Will 3G be greeted with a similar yawn? DoCoMo is putting on a brave face, insisting it will be the first 3G provider on the planet. Its big competitor these days: the Isle of Man (pop. 73,000). Think of it: video conferencing between the Irish Sea and Hokkaido will soon be a snap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...highlight among the Crimson throws came from freshman Johanna Doyle, who placed second in the hammer throw at 51.84 meters-a full three-meter improvement from her performance the week before and just two centimeters better than the third-place competitor. Her points, along with a fifth-place finish from sophomore Bryce Weed in the pole vault, were the Crimson's first points of the meet to start off Saturday morning...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Stars Lead M., W. Track at Heptagonals | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...could get a group of high school kids together, you’d just videotape [Birtwell] and show it to them. Then you could say ‘This is what a competitor is. This is what a battler...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Walsh Pays Tribute to Senior Class | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

...with military models, in particular nautical ones manufactured by Tamiya. This Shizuoka-based firm, and to a lesser extent its competitor Hasegawa, produced plastic kits far superior to the American versions. U.S. companies like Revell, Heller and Monogram made clunky plastic parts that needed filing upon removal from their sprues and molded castings that resembled gobs of melted cheese. Tamiya's models, on the other hand, were exemplary - pristine, perfect little gunwales, torpedoes and conning towers. The parts trees came shrink-wrapped and were rendered with such precision you could see the bolts on a battleship's antiaircraft cannon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Japanese Model | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...class act and a great competitor, Birtwell deserved more than two runs of support. He deserved to go out with...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Where are the Fans? | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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