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...What surprised me was seeing that history, like the accumulated tomes of libraries, was not an obstacle to the free play of the present so much as an endless grab-bag of particular authority. And though problems can arise (when, for example, only a select few are allowed to grab), with history--as with knowledge, with books--a broad selection could only help the present construction of a fair case. Against the childhood idea of history as something to escape--whose weight and scope made innovation impossible--I was struck by the idea that change was an action, an artifact...
...footballers and foreigners. Two came back and signed multiple-year contracts. It's hard to argue with Suwarso's results, however, as attendance so far this season is up 1,000% to about 10,000 per game. And if he succeeds, other Indonesian entrepreneurs will surely be inspired to grab a piece of a market estimated to have a potential yearly revenue of $15 million...
...million operating budget. A planned $30 million expansion will add a two-story high school to the property by 2004. Graffiti-filled walls outside the school have given way to student-painted murals. Classrooms are teeming with books and artwork. And at lunchtime, Zachary is thrilled to grab food from the new salad...
This is part of Nintendo's bid to lose the kids-only label and grab a chunk of the elusive twentysomething market. "We're doing more to attract these audiences," admits Miyamoto. Not that the company is dissing its core tiny-tot gamers. Witness the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo's new handheld, which will serve a dual purpose as a controller for the GameCube...
Both strategies may work. And that could lead to an unprecedented holiday season with not one but two hot gifts to grab, each in short supply. Each company hopes to release at least 1.5 million units by year-end--a million more than the number of PlayStation 2s that were available last Christmas, assuming the two can avoid the kind of chip shortage that bedeviled Sony. From the retailer's point of view, "it's like having a ticket on every horse in the race," says Joe Firestone, CEO of Electronics Boutique. Looks as if we have a winner already...