Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's a little like saying the portions are too small at a four-star restaurant. But in this case, the criticism could be fatal. The unit itself retails for $599, which is supportable, I guess. But Palm's basic wireless service is $9.99 a month, which buys you 50 kilobytes, or 150 Palm-screen pages of text. I ran through that in a day. And at the end of two weeks, after consciously limiting consumption, I had used 138 kilobytes--$35.20 more than the basic charge. Even the $24.99-for-150-kilobyte, big-user plan would be inadequate...
...historian and critic for TIME; from multiple injuries sustained when the car he was driving was in a head-on collision near Broome, Australia. (Three others were injured.) Hughes, who suffered fractures of the ribs, sternum and right leg, was in Australia to film a TV series, Beyond the Fatal Shore, a sequel to his best-selling book, The Fatal Shore...
...usually fatal without treatment," he added...
...year to much fanfare, was the exception. Those shuffling off the screen this year are being pushed by precipitous ratings drops. Was it a change in the zeitgeist? The fact that they had enough episodes for syndication (all had more than 100)? Or did each, like Rhoda, make a fatal flub...
...mountain. For many now, though, the goal is not the experience but the outcome--to be able to say, "I stood at the top of Everest." The danger remains, however. It's true that the process has been streamlined and improved, but the climb remains a kind of fatal tourist attraction without the purity of Mallory's attitude...