Word: iiis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Strom Thurmond's high school textbooks b) A Babylonian sex manual c) Jack Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road d) The contract for Survivor III contestants...
HIGHLY CIVILIZED It's been five years since legendary gamemaker Sid Meier released Civilization II, the greatest computer strategy game of all time. Until now. Civilization III, released this fall, takes history simulation to the next level. You manage not only your fledging society's military and economy over 4,000 years but its trade and culture too, matching wits against such computer opponents as Chairman Mao and Abraham Lincoln. Better clear the decks: this one could swallow a few hundred weekends...
...John Ruiz. "Chinese are like flowers growing up in the fields that bring beauty to the world," King told a bewildered press. Then, with uncharacteristic prosy, King billed the event "Melee in China." (Newspaper editors did him better, choosing RAGING IN BEIJING.) This King-China alliance presages Cold War III or, as Don might put it, the Horrific in the Pacific...
...recall an airing of the 1949 "Blue Lagoon," with 20-year-old Jean Simmons as the most thrilling mermaid. The Sunday afternoon show "Omnibus" presented classical concerts, up-and-coming comic talents (Mike Nichols and Elaine May) and foreign films, including the U.S. premiere of Laurence Olivier's "Richard III...
...Black and White creator Peter Molyneaux filled the floor way faster than Regis last year. This year, attendees are dreaming of Will Wright premiering the Sims Online, Sid Meier unveiling Civilization III or Mr. Miyamoto and his mysterious Nintendo Game Cube games. They can't wait to see what kind of a show-stopper Microsoft's X-box is, or whether last year's best of show, the still-unfinished Metal Gear Solid 2 for the PlayStation2, can live up to its Daikatana-sized expectations...