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Attacking from the Internet is Amazon.com the Web superstore that began selling toys this summer and plans to do to eToys what it did to CDnow in the online music business--knock it out of the top spot. Attacking from the street as well as from cyberspace are the classic "bricks-and-mortar" retailers Toys "R" Us and KB Toys, which were written off as Net players after the last holiday season but this year have developed online offshoots...
Kids ages 3 to 6 love the mystery and surprise of Christmas, but at about age 7, they begin to knock holes in the Santa scenario. Maybe they've heard something from an older child, or they've started doing the math themselves, calculating the number of chimneys worldwide versus the maximum speed of a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. You know your kid is a doubter if he comes in holding a globe and a calculator and wearing an expression that says, "We have to talk...
...Kamil: I don't go to University Hall and expect to be surrounded by brilliance. I go to University Hall and go, "knock, knock, knock... Hellooooo...
Finally one of the beer drinkers, Winchell, told Glover that he was full of it. Glover walked up to Winchell and tried to knock a beer from his hand but failed. Winchell insisted he didn't want to fight, but something drove Glover to keep provoking one. Finally, Winchell tossed his beer aside and hit Glover quickly several times with the heel of his hand. As Glover reeled backward, Winchell grabbed him around the waist and threw him to the ground. That should have been the end to an ordinary fight, but for Glover the stakes were higher...
...game is an especially important one as Harvard concludes its tune-up for an upcoming barrage of Ivy League games. The Crimson will play 14 of its last 15 games against league foes. It sees tomorrow as one if its last chances to knock heads with a quality team before its season heats...