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...Drudge is poised to become more than an Internet phenomenon; he could become the first person to move from new media stardom into mass media acceptance. Does this help give the Internet an acclaimed status as the home for news in the next century? The problem with Drudge is that a Web page is cheap, e-mail is essentially free, and no one checks your resume at the door before signing you up for a domain name. In a wired world, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw hold no monopoly over the news. Anyone with a connection to the Internet...
Even with regard to my personal experience, I wonder whether my positive sentiments are but the illusory product of some social psychological phenomenon and not any real progress in understanding. I'm bothered by the fact that no one at the discussion tackled affirmative action, perhaps the most contentious racial issue today, head-on. And I worry that the sense of connection built on Monday night cannot exist outside the artificial environment of our official dialogue...
...students set up solar viewing equipment to get a better view of the eclipse, which lasted about an hour and a half. They had intended to watch the celestial phenomenon from the roof of the Science Center, but high winds made the equipment unstable...
...have ever been to a total eclipse, you would know it is the most frightening natural phenomenon," Kirshner said. "A partial eclipse--this is like kissing your sister...
...certainly is, and the sun has definitely not set on Harvard hockey. Having one athlete in the Olympics is a phenomenon; having two is a trend. When asked about Harvard's role as an Olympic Games pipeline for women's hockey, Stone responded with cheer...