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...until 7:37 remained in the first half did Janowski attempt her first shot, and then it was only because she drove from the outside. She was fouled and converted one of two free throws...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notorious G.I.Z. | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

When America Online said last November that it would buy Netscape in a stock swap, rabid online traders drove up Netscape's price beyond what AOL had said it would pay. There was no prospect of a bidding war. The lemmings--too busy to use a calculator--were simply piling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dumb Money | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

Even DVD pales beside real HDTV, however, as I learned when I finally drove to Miami last week to see it demonstrated in all its vivid, eye-popping detail at an electronics store. Too late for the Super Bowl, but, hey, there's always next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want My HDTV! | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...greatest pianists of the century, a performer whose interpretive acuity and huge repertoire awed other musicians, Sviatoslav Richter, the subject of this engrossing video documentary, was also a fiercely private man indifferent to commercial success. Averse to concertizing in big cities, he instead drove the expanses of Russia, showering his genius on towns and villages. Bruno Monsaingeon, who has made several films about musicians, got the wary pianist to open up. Blending Richter's observations with marvelous archival footage spanning much of his life, Monsaingeon's documentary so generously displays the pianist's gifts and so vividly limns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richter, The Enigma | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

Others skipped the bridge entirely. They drove to the 21st century on the ground below--driving to work, driving their kids to soccer practice, driving to Blockbuster to rent "Titanic," driving to Barnes and Noble to buy "A Civil Action" and "Cold Mountain." Every so often these people snuck a glance up at the bridge to nowhere; after all, the ugly, low-hanging structure (which they were paying for) cast a heinous shadow over their idyllic suburban landscapes, insulting their aesthetic sensibilities and corrupting their children. And it paid to look up occasionally, if only to make sure you weren...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Throw Us a Rope | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

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