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...distance that initially seems so liberating to newcomers on the Net can become an obstacle to deepening the bonds of friendship, romance and community. At some point, most networkers often find, the only real way to move a relationship forward is to risk personal contact -- and then hope the phantom bond will hold up in the 3-D world. ``You can't lead a total life online,'' says Dave Hughes, founder of the Old Colorado City Electronic Cottage, a cybersettlement. ``But if it's done right, online communication can lead to face-to-face contact, not away from...
...made her ready for the long sleep that pain would never mar again, seeing with grateful eyes the beautiful serenity that soon replaced the pathetic patience that had wrung their hearts so long, and feeling with reverent joy that to their darling death was a benignant angel, not a phantom full of dread...
...radiant Sunset may not be Lloyd Webber's best score, but it is his most seamlessly and artfully constructed. There is a resemblance between this show and The Phantom of the Opera -- reclusive mad protagonist conceives passion for young member of opposite sex -- but that is merely plot. Musically, Sunset's real forebear is Evita. The angular, chromatic recitatives for Norma explicitly recall Eva Peron's egocentric ravings. If the music of the new show lacks Aspects' delicious subtleties and Phantom's gothic flamboyance, it still offers two of Lloyd Webber's best songs in With One Look...
John Graham, director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, suggests that people should strive to keep the perils posed by dioxin in perspective and remember other threats that are more easily averted. "Phantom risks and real risks compete not only for our resources but also for our attention," Graham observes. "It's a shame when a mother worries about toxic chemicals, and yet her kids are running around unvaccinated and without bicycle helmets...
Jett is a 36-year-old Harvard Business School graduate who has been accused of bilking the Wall Street firm of Kidder, Peabody by concocting untold millions in "phantom trades" during the two years he served as head of the company's government-bond trading desk. The allegedly fictitious transactions, which were discovered in April, bloated Kidder, Peabody's bottom line by $350 million and earned Jett $9 million. He was dismissed, and the company filed suit against him to get back the money. He has denied any wrongdoing and filed a countersuit against Kidder, Peabody...