Word: fronting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...filmmakers interested in this," says Ryan Werner, marketing head of IFC Films. "But as we've started working with filmmakers like Joe and with Steven Soderbergh, for Che, we've found that more artists are starting to realize the audience this approach can reach - the ability to be in front of this many eyeballs at the flip of a switch...
...What Dell really risks is playing the fool in front of its investors again. The company was late getting into the retail business and away from the model of selling all of its machines via the internet or phone. As rivals like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) have moved further into the software and services businesses, Dell has been flat-footed. Dell plans to get into the handset business, which is already crowded with cut-throat competition from RIM (RIMM), Apple (AAPL), Nokia (NOK), and Samsung...
...rout of Hartford. It was a great way for the Crimson to bounce back from its disappointing loss to UMass the previous weekend, after beginning the season with two victories over ranked opponents. Cohen scored once in the first half as part of a strong offensive front that kept Hartford at bay. In the second half, Cohen scored first and then kept adding to the Crimson’s growing tally throughout the period, making it impossible for the Hawks to attempt a comeback. The freshman not only scored but also shared, making several passes to teammates and acquiring...
...year industry. The bedrock of this relatively recent phenomenon is the game StarCraft, published in 1997 by American company Blizzard Entertainment (now Activision Blizzard, a Viacom company). There are four major StarCraft tournaments that play three seasons annually, at around two months per season. The matches are recorded in front of a live studio audience (comprised mostly of high-school-age female fans) in one of the high-tech “eSports stadiums” sprinkled across Seoul. The footage is televised on one of the two cable channels or one Internet TV channel devoted exclusively to eSports content...
...Fritzl on Wednesday changed his plea to guilty on all charges - among them rape, incest, enslavement and murder. He is accused of imprisoning his daughter from age 18 in a tiny, windowless, unheated, rat-infested basement that reeked of mold and lacked warm water, and repeatedly raping her in front of their children, three of whom had never seen the light of day. The murder charge arose from the death shortly after birth of one of the seven children he fathered with his daughter. The ailing baby was not allowed the medical care it needed. But when he addressed...