Word: onslaught
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...meantime, Microsoft shows no sign that it is relaxing its public relations onslaught. After Gates left Washington, he showed up on TV, the star of his own feel-good ad campaign. "Twenty-five years ago, my friends and I started with nothing but an idea--that we could harness the power of the PC to improve people's lives," Gates says earnestly. The closest he comes to referring to Microsoft's legal difficulties is his send-off: "The best is yet to come...
...ready for the Shakespeare onslaught. A new Hamlet hits theaters in a couple of weeks starring Ethan Hawke and Diane Venora. The twist? This time it's the Danish Corporation in modern day NYC. A couple weeks later, Kenneth Branaugh's Love's Labour Lost opens nationwide, set as a 1930's period musical with songs by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. We'll have interviews with both Hawke and Branaugh before the year is up...Everyone is going gaga over the new Lord of the Rings trailer-the first movie in the trilogy opens this December. Check...
...Terrapins (20-17) got to Harvard starter Thoke early, scoring five runs in the first two innings. The Maryland onslaught was highlighted by a two-run double off the bat of senior designated hitter Cortney Madea in the top of the second...
However, the Crimson onslaught proved too devastating, and freshmen Leslie Moroz and Katie O'Brien tacked on two more goals before the half to give the Crimson a 6-3 lead at the break...
...psychiatric drugs was greeted with nearly unanimous horror. Children's rights advocates and pediatricians were up in arms over the potential physical side effects of the drugs, which remain widely untested for pediatric use. And child psychologists across the country rolled up their sleeves in anticipation of an onslaught of newly Ritalin-free kids...