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...wants to be tossed aside like an old Gucci loafer? Certainly not REGIS PHILBIN. The host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, a monster hit for two years but now dropping in the ratings, was shocked, shocked when ABC execs would not confirm or deny that the show would be on the network's schedule next fall. Reege, who not long ago joked that he was the man who had saved ABC, now has to face the possibility that his prime-time showcase will be canceled. Or that he might be replaced. On his morning talk show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 10, 2001 | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...lost this fight only last year, to the tune of a heavily Bush-leaning $1.3 trillion compromise - and the appetite of people for tax cuts doesn't go generally down when times are tough. But remember, that tax cut got through largely on the wiggle room provided by those monster budget surpluses, and that rationalization - that America could have it all ways - is all gone. Daschle needn't even hit too hard on the tax bill that, after all, 10 of his compatriots helped pass - all he's got to say is that the surpluses are gone (ahem) the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daschle's Do-No-Harm Congress | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

Wrong is clearly not intended to be the definitive live Radiohead recording; the eight songs barely scratching the surface of the monster two-disc concert format so beloved of Dave Mathews and Pearl Jam. Wrong also carefully avoids all the obvious song choices from Radiohead’s drop-dead back catalogue: There are no souped-up takes on “Paranoid Android” or stadium-sized singalongs of “Karma Police.” Instead, the album showcases new songs from the last two albums, and in many cases infuses them with a new vitality...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: They Might Be Wrong | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

EXPENSIVE $3,999 SHARP 61R-NWP5H Thinking big? Better think progressive scan, which is a fancy term for a TV that eliminates those horizontal lines that get more and more annoying as sets get bigger. Sharp's monster 61-in. progressive-scan rear-projection TV is HDTV ready, but it also has a digital-signal converter that makes sure regular TV channels look nearly as good. www.sharp-usa.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buyer's Guide: Best Of Tech | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...doesn’t cause enough trouble, Yale will have trouble stopping the senior combination of Dan Farley and Sam Taylor. Each has had a monster game this season, and both are legitimate deep threats. Farley averages 16.2 yards per catch. Taylor averages...

Author: By Alexander M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How the Elis Stack Up Against the Crimson | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

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