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Adhering to the mantra that simpler is better, cell phones and pagers have always had one primary function, respectively, but they got even better at it in 1998. The launch of Iridium's worldwide satellite paging and cellular-phone service was the flashiest advance, but the new low-cost calling plans (of just 10[cents] to 15[cents] a minute) on regular cell phones will do much more to increase their use. The Yankee Group predicts that these lower-priced calling plans will bump up average cell-phone usage, from three to five hours a month, by 2007. Pagers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1998 Technology Buyer's Guide: Geared To Go | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

Eldredge's ill fortune made all the difference for Candeloro, who skated after him in Saturday's lineup to the theme from The Three Musketeers. Skating's flashiest showman, Candeloro, who was laid up with an ankle injury last year, played the swashbuckler with abandon, complete with pretend sword fights. The crowd at the White Ring roared in appreciation. His jumps were high and upright, as they generally are, but his execution was messy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Look Who's Standing | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

Though she may not be the flashiest of players, junior point guard Jessica Gelman proved in Harvard's weekend sweep of Princeton and Penn what a valuable all-around talent...

Author: By Jason E. Kolman, | Title: ATHLETE of the WEEK | 2/14/1996 | See Source »

...skills, as they played pizzacati remarkably in unison for close to the entire Adagio. Lin's treatment of the cadenza appeared to mention Schumann's Fourth Symphony, though it might have come unconsciously. He and Yoo then led the orchestra jovially through the Presto. The Haydn, though not the flashiest work written for violin and orchestra, benefited immensely from Lin's thoughtful and decorous performance...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Metamorphosen Audience Yoophoric | 10/13/1994 | See Source »

...come from trade publishing, that is where the glitz lies. Says top literary agent Morton Janklow: "Trade publishing is like couture in fashion. Saint Laurent loses money on couture, but that's what allows him to make millions from his perfumes." With Snyder in charge, Simon & Schuster became the flashiest couture house of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Live by the Ax, Die by the Ax | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

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