Word: giant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...casual glance around the bar will result in meeting the intense gazes of several individuals whose expressions seem to say "I am the one for you--at least for tonight." The ubiquitous plaid button-downs obstruct the only entertainment in the bar: a fuzzy giant-screen projection of "Jeopardy!" No one seems to care that the clues cannot be seen and Alex Trebek can barely be heard...
Late last week, the Internet took a giant leap forward, or backward, depending on whom you believe. But you're not likely to hear about this development in PC Week or MacWorld magazine...
...Like a giant stung by bees, Gates looked slightly irritated throughout. He shrugged off charges of monopoly by declaring: "The products that Microsoft makes have a very short life span." He also tried his best to sound worried about the threat from Sun Microsystems, but Sun CEO Scott McNealy got far more sympathy for taking on the Redmond behemoth: "Would you go up against the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age?" he asked. The markets certainly wouldn't -- Microsoft stock was up three-eighths at the hearing's close...
...that hosts play integral roles in the success of game shows. Bob Barker reigns as the undisputed king of game show hosts, displaying super-human endurance with his 26 year stint on "The Price is Right." Fast approaching 80 years of age, Barker, who spends rerun seasons in a giant jar of formaldehyde, has also persevered through a publicity nightmare stemming from an affair with show model Dian Parkinson...
...immediately assailed by the art-deco-neon-overload-meets-industrial-constructi on set, complete with a live band, stacks of old books as props, local stand-up comic Greg Fitzsimmons as host, two attractive brunette "hostesses" (Heather and Shonda) in tight pastel blue outfits and a giant brain sitting in the center of the set. "`Jeopardy' on acid," I thought...