Word: instantness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Tonight, for the first time all year, the Harvard women’s basketball team will find itself in the neighborhood of instant validation. If Harvard beats league heavyweight Princeton (13-5, 4-1 Ivy) to continue an upward trend that began with a pair of wins last weekend, it will have affirmed its position in a four-team championship hunt. If it loses, the Crimson (7-11, 3-2) will return from its road trip, which also includes a tilt tomorrow with league doormat Penn (3-15, 1-4), without any real hope for its fourth title...
...First, the road warriors who are sick of toting a bag of DVDs on every flight (and paying for all of those discs). Second, people who have broadband at home, but don't spring for premium cable. Vongo might not have the selection that Netflix offers, but the near-instant gratification of a 25-minute download is alluring...
...every 33 children has received an aggressive sexual solicitation in the past year. An aggressive solicitation is one in which the predator asks a child to meet somewhere or called them on the phone.Despite widespread incidences of unwarranted advances that occur over the internet, whether by email, instant messaging, or websites like Facebook, students are largely apathetic.R. Breffny Morgan ’08 is “comfortable with all of the information” that he gives on Facebook, despite listing his e-mail address, cell phone number, and campus address. “When does browsing the Facebook...
...other words, it wasn't just about the beer. Early on, for example, Hindy, a former newspaper reporter, called legendary designer Milton Glaser (best known for his I ? NY logo) every day for weeks to persuade him to create their logo. Glaser's name lent them some instant cool, and that distinctive B is now a familiar New York City signpost. When distributors balked at selling tiny lots of their beer, Hindy and Potter drove the trucks themselves and found salesmen who would patiently teach bar managers and convenience-store owners about specialty beer. They even started distributing rival...
Nielsen Media Research is the gold standard in ratings for television programming and the backbone of more than $60 billion in TV advertising. CEO Susan Whiting has a courtside seat to epic change, as the industry tries to fit into the era of iPods, TiVos and instant messaging. She spoke with TIME'S COCO MASTERS about her need to know what you watch, for how long, on what--and, now, what you've bought...