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When CBS pitted its irresistible force (Survivor) against NBC's immovable object (Friends), the Thursday-night collision threatened the very fabric of the space-time continuum. For now, VCR-equipped viewers have found room for both near the top of the ratings. Still, for the first time in years, NBC's slogan, "Must-See TV," no longer sounds like a binding command. Airing after Survivor, CBS's CSI catapulted from No. 19 to No. 4 in the ratings in its first week in the new time slot...
...contrast to fashion's trends, technology's are not so much fads with finite ends but stops along a continuum. Roman numerals appended to new versions of the Palm Pilot increased as rapidly as scores on a pinball machine, and ever more advanced handheld gadgets debuted at a dizzying speed. As the year progressed, those who didn't crave or couldn't indulge a moment's isolation began connecting to the Internet through cell phones or to instant-messaging systems via the BlackBerry two-way pager...
...Martin: She?s in a continuum of low-level pain that even the Serzone just barely keeps at bay. But I think Ray?s in pain...
...credible research has shown that prevention and early intervention initiatives, combined with a continuum of services aimed at high-risk, cutting edge, fundamental, and may not be used for specialized courses, such as women and youth, increase prevention and treatment activities for sexually transmitted disease and substance abuse which contribute greatly to this crisis, expand research, increase Medicaid funding, bring our programs to smaller cities and rural areas and greatly increase the technical assistance that will enable our community-based organizations to take advantage of the many excellent technology-related courses sponsored by companies like Microsoft or Novell...
...roots are not Jamaican, nor Puerto Rican, nor African American, but African. It's part of the continuum of African art forms - in some traditional African societies, for example, we find the "griot," who is the storyteller or oral historian. How is that much different from an MC telling a story (think of Slick Rick, Ice Cube, or Snoop Dogg) or rhyming about the past...