Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though candidates are not official until they file nomination papers in June and July--the papers are due July 31--some people are not waiting that long to enter the election fray...
...just as the men who have recently announced their presidential ambitions did so as quietly as possible--on the Internet (Bill Bradley) or late on New Year's Eve (Al Gore)--the official story of Elizabeth Dole's decision to join the fray is one of immaculate conception. One morning before Christmas, the tale goes, she woke up and began thinking seriously about running for President. After eight years as president of the American Red Cross, she had tied the place up into a neat little bundle, securing the blood supply and the fund-raising stream, coping with one disaster...
...your Ziggy tea cozy beginning to fray? Your Wizard of Id pinking shears a little dull? Don't reach for that Dilbert catalog. This week, the cast of Doonesbury will debut on mugs, tumblers and T shirts at Starbucks around the U.S. "I've always avoided merchandising because it seemed at odds with the philosophical point of view of the strip," says GARRY TRUDEAU, who created Doonesbury 28 years ago. But now, the artist has joined forces with the coffee conglomerate to raise money to fight illiteracy; with all net proceeds of the items will go to charity...
...wild card in the Internet deck too: wireless services. Hughes Network Systems sells DirecPC and DirecDuo dishes (the latter with both Web and TV reception) that can download Web pages at a relatively brisk 200,000 to 400,000 BPS. Last month Loral's CyberStar unit joined the fray with a satellite system of its own. Both are more expensive than cable and DSL (monthly fees can run more than $100 for unlimited use), but satellite dishes can be used almost anywhere, including vacation cabins and other rural locations. Several companies are also experimenting with a ground-based wireless technology...
...reason Dateline NBC's Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips, now on five nights a week, seem to have become the official hosts of the NBC television network. Yet 60 Minutes, after 30 years still the highest-rated network magazine show, has managed to remain largely above this fray. It steers away (most of the time) from the tabloid subjects and celebrity interviews that its rivals use to goose ratings; it actually pays attention to foreign news once in a while; and it is still, quaintly, on the air only once a week...