Word: instantness
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...forward Holly Lorms broke out for a fast break and found herself one-on-one with Kessler. Lorms lifted a hard shot high over Kessler’s shoulder. The puck seemed destined for the back of the net, but Kessler flashed leather through the air and in an instant the puck was in the webbing of Kessler’s glove...
...with Gmail's paltry 90 million. But don't let those huge numbers distract you from two very small ones. First, the number 1: that's where Google stands in the search business and in the online-advertising business, the latter of which--unlike search or e-mail or instant messaging--actually has real dollars attached to it. Second, the number 0. That's how many new ideas Microsoft will be acquiring by buying Yahoo! The two companies run their Web businesses very similarly and not very well...
...trying to turn big numbers into industry dominance even when it doesn't have lots of good ideas. It's done this in software through its near monopolies in operating systems and Web browsers. If Microsoft eats Yahoo!, it will also have dominance in Web-based e-mail, instant messaging and Web portals. That's got to be a temptation. Sure, Google is "the No. 1 search player," a source close to Google argues. "But users can click away and use another search engine. Microsoft has monopolies. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have found that it abused those...
...forgotten in all the excitement, don't you? Well, you probably won't see any noticeable changes for a while. Eventually--this could take years--MSN and Yahoo! will merge, Live Search and Yahoo! Search will merge, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail will merge, and so will the two instant-messaging services. You'll see some minor technical glitches along...
...when researchers at Yale University published several influential studies proving that personal canvassing is more effective than direct mail or phone calls from strangers. In 2001, Republicans put the idea to a test in several special congressional elections, and the extra money and time devoted to door-knocking produced instant results. So the G.O.P. expanded the effort in 2002, then applied it to presidential politics in 2004. The party's mammoth "72-Hour Project" - named for the final weekend of the campaign, when G.O.P. volunteers made literally millions of personal pitches - helped George W. Bush become the first candidate since...