Word: magically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie's opening is promising--using the same computer animation techniques that made "Aladdin'"s magic carpet-ride sequences so impressive, the "camera" follows the flight of a bird, zooming and swooping in toward an animated Paris. This perspective is realistic enough to make the viewer slightly queasy, but, sadly, seems to have eaten up most of the film's budget--the rest of the movie is nowhere near as technically advanced. The backgrounds are largely static, with the animated characters looking out of place moving over them, as is especially evident in the musical number "Thumbelina" which introduces...
Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, and a novel which moves naturally between dreams; myth and reality, skillfully weaving together magic and politics in an epic Latin American tale, somehow flops in the jump to the movie screen, where writer and director Bille August creates a confusing jumble of characters and story lines, capturing none of the magic or fluidity of Allende's book...
...firms are likely to dominate the three major areas of the digital world. One group will provide fiber-optic and satellite networks to carry entertainment, telephone service, video teleconferencing and other communications. Another will supply the programming. A third segment will furnish the software that controls the so-called magic box that consumers will use to access all these services...
...control as large a share as possible of the limited supply of satellite slots when the FCC auctions them later this year. Those slots will only grow in value as the information highway is built. Certainly Gates is hedging his bets. Microsoft is working on development of the magic-box system. Its co-venture with Mtel will position it in new delivery technologies. Up until now, most people had assumed that Gates wanted to program the magic box. At this rate...
...they meet at the center stripe, Magic leans over to kiss Larry but decides that Isiah Thomas, who is in the crowd, might become jealous. Instead they shake hands and wish each other good luck. It's a quick meeting, for they're opponents once again. There will be plenty of time after the game for a little reminising...