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Unfortunately for those who are depending on this new television ratings system, it seems that their best chance may lie in subliminal communication, because the system itself isn't all that helpful. The 30-second flash of alphabet soup in the corner of my eye does not indicate in any degree of detail what type of inappropriate content I am about to see on my screen. Instead, all I am provided is one of six different ratings, reminiscent of the movie-rating system, that offers a rough estimate of the level of violence, sex and bad language contained...
...Flash-forward to closing arguments. The trial closes with one, final remark from the defense attorney: "The day has been coming for quite some time now. For decades, the city has slept, awaiting its moment to rise up, conquer its foes and finally establish itself as a city as committed to sports as its cafe mocha and Nirvana. Sports fans of America, I invite you all to sit back, relax and witness the revolution...
Camped ostentatiously at the impact point of our age's need to believe and its need to know, and generating best sellers both for its fervent proponents and (lately) its detractors, the historical Jesus movement (Flash! Virgin birth a cover-up! Resurrection a fraud!) hardly wants for print. Yet in his Gospel Truth (Riverhead Books; 305 pages; $24.95), Russell Shorto provides a useful addition: an up-to-date survey and smart lay analysis of the theories that together constitute one of the stickiest challenges to traditional Christianity...
...empty hillside on the southern reaches of Jerusalem was just an obscure plot with a Hebrew name and an Arabic one. But as big yellow bulldozers began to claim the hill for Jewish houses, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was converting the landscape into a perilous flash point. Palestinians hurled stones, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas, Arab leaders issued harsh denunciations, and every single friend of Israel's disapproved. Defying them all, knowing he risked far more serious violence, Netanyahu ordered the bulldozers to dig on. Now history will decide whether those few square yards were a necessary, legitimate...
...seat Continental Airlines Arena. The New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers all said their clubs don't use fake crowd noise. Many teams in other sports use electronic clapping sounds to spur on fans and some even flash cartoon cheer prompts on scoreboards. But there are no attempts to simulate crowd noise. "We have rules about when and what decibel level but not the content of particular noise," NBA vice president Brian McIntyre said. "That's up to the individual teams...