Word: knocks
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...network cites its own research to claim that the time for TV-online convergence has come for its audience: 56% of 12-to-24-year-olds with computers have a TV in the same room. But the knock against "interactive TV" has been that it's an oxymoron; no one's agitating for a choose-your-own-adventure version of Martial Law. webRIOT hopes to score with a sort of cheap-'n'-dirty, Scud-missile interactivity. The game (accessible at www.mtv.com requires no special hardware or complicated interface; players simply use the keyboard as a buzzer. And, notes MTV programming...
...knew these guys, hereto far from firebrands, were looking for a knock-down, drag-out fight? "Gore and Bradley have so many similar ideas, and at a time when voters seem to be yearning for someone new, and looking for a fresh start, Gore really has no choice but to highlight any differences he can find in his and Bradley's positions," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. Even if that means risking the loss of a few voters - and maybe getting into a few well-timed battles. "As Bradley runs to the left of Gore, the vice president...
Nowak has made an impact on the Crimson in just his first few games. A tough, bruising winger who is difficult to knock off the puck, he has played on the team's top line from opening...
Farrell is far from the first ex-City Ballet dancer to knock the rust of routine off Balanchine's ballets. Edward Villella's marvelous Miami City Ballet recently gave a performance of Prodigal Son at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark that all but exploded off the stage, and Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, led by Francia Russell and Kent Stowell, has just mounted a Midsummer Night's Dream that is causing coast-to-coast buzz. But Farrell's ad hoc troupe, whipped into shape with just three weeks of intensive rehearsal, is already impressive enough to suggest...
LOOK FOR BUNDLES Many of the leading PC makers are throwing in everything from printers to MP3 players. Signing up with a Web service provider, also bundled in many deals, can knock hundreds off your PC's cost--but you're locked into that service for several years...