Word: magically
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...common wisdom is that a computing innovation like Macintosh cannot survive without some magical but undefined percentage of the overall market. And Apple has never had that magic number. It once sold about 12% of all the computers marketed around the world. Now it sells less than 9%, and its machines seem to be disappearing from offices (except in the publishing business). Without market share, the worry goes, software companies will not write programs that entice more users, and market share will shrink further. Such uncertainties overshadow Apple's success last year at introducing an entire new line of computers...
INGLEWOOD, CA.: The faceoff between Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan Friday night, says TIME's Steve Wulf, was bound to be memorable: "It's no surprise that Magic has come back and played so well. He was a genius on the basketball court when he left, and he has been playing the whole time he left. That extra weight is all muscle. The Lakers are probably a better team when you match up each man, but with Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, the Bulls are just able to overwhelm other teams. I think that will happen tonight...
...with Midnight's Children, Rushdie's second novel, The Moor's Last Sigh feels rather like magic realism, Indian style. There are curses and prophecies and general supernatural occurences, but these are offered with something that feels like scepticism: the magical may also be coincidental. This sophisticated, even jaded approach to the exotic, the "Oriental", is Rushdie's singular gift. The novel's narrator, Moraes, shares this detachment: "Christians, Portuguese and Jews; Chinese tiles promoting godless views; pushy ladies, skirts-not-saris, Spanish shenanigans, Moorish crowns...can this really be India...
Unfortunately, the novel as a whole never consistently catches fire. It is fascinating to watch a writer of Updike's dexterity cram and mold all this diverse material into a single book. He renders, as tellingly as ever, the magic of individual moments. A movie begins in a small theater: "The heavy purple curtains drew back and the orange side lamps dimmed and in the air above their heads, with a racheted whir, a shuddering shaft of light surprised a few winged bugs, suddenly turned into darting, looping stars." But to fill up the long stretches between inspirations, Updike relies...
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: Magic Johnson came out of retirement today, signing a contract to return Tuesday to the Los Angeles Lakers, the team he left more than four years ago after testing positive for the AIDS virus. "The Lakers are sorely in need of leadership and Magic Johnson certainly qualifies," says sportswriter Steve Wulf. "But whether he can lead them to a championship is another question. They will make the playoffs, but they do not have enough talent around him to beat the better teams in the conference. But it is great for the league to have him back." Johnson...