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...problems haven't been so easy to fix in the company's mainframe business, which manufactures the multimillion-dollar data monsters that are the Cadillacs of the information highway. Most of the growth in computing these days is coming from small firms wiring up new networks with inexpensive computers. These small machines generally sell for thousands of dollars, not millions, and they are selling fast enough to push upstarts like Dell to the front of the market, well ahead...
Crawford is a mainstream Democrat who emphasizes education, the elderly and health care. In keeping with his professorial background, he would increase Pell grants and other federally subsidized college loans. While he says Medicare reform is a must, he believes G.O.P. proposals to fix it are too harsh...
There is also college football. Here, too, the problem is that there are only games once a week. (What was football's inventor doing on weekdays?) Another problem with the college ranks is too many lopsided games. To the sports junky who constantly needs a fix, it is not enough to wait around the whole year for Florida...
Hockey plays more frequently, but the beginning of the season is a bore. Who cares if the Bruins are 4-4-1 or 5-4-0? The season does not get interesting until February. No fix for our ESPN nut here...
...Four strikeouts by Maddux so far, and not one walk--that's control for you," I could imagine the play-by-play announcer saying from Atlanta, as James watched Bill Clinton emerge slowly from behind the lectern, fix the questioner with a fearsomely sincere look, and speak words that were not heard. I found the thought of that disconcerting, but also--well, let's be honest about it--tempting...