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...Upping the ante of the Internet game-venues isn't hard. Sonygames.com takes all its regularly televised shows and converts them into cyber-contests. "College Jeopardy," "Wheel of Fortune" and "Trivial Pursuit" can all be accessed via a glitzy game page. Compete with BABYSNATCH from Arkansas and Slappy05 from Pittsburgh for world domination with a virtual Alex Trebek. Otherwise, the most intriguing SonyGame is obviously "The Dating Game." By creating a "virtual you" with Japanimation body parts and facial features, meet the love of your life by answering questions such as "what is the most erotic thing about a spoon...

Author: By F.g. Tilney, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Goodbye Minesweeper, Hello Love Connection | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

Other top-ranked programs in attendance included Michigan, Boise State, Arizona State, Wisconsin, Bakersfield, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Takes 13th in Vegas Tourney | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...bank had only $15 million in deposits. Then along came a miserly Pittsburgh, Pa., financier named J. Knox McConnell, who drove an old Buick and wore threadbare suits but was worth $23 million. He hired only women--"Knox's Foxes," they were called--to discourage distracting office romances. His longtime companion was Billie Cherry, a woman who worked for him. Cherry and her friend Terry Church followed Knox from Pittsburgh to Keystone. The bank moved aggressively into the national market for "subprime" home-equity loans, which are riskier than first mortgages but generate higher interest payments. Keystone was earning about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poor Town, Rich Bank | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Maybe they disagreed on taxes, land management, and government, but they loved the Braves. Everyone celebrated when Sid Bream slid home safely in Game 7 of the NLCS to send the Pirates back to Pittsburgh. My middle school even incorporated a "Braves spirit" theme day and canceled classes on the day of the Braves parade downtown, even though the parade took place after the Braves lost Game 7 of the World Series (due to Lonnie Smith's baserunning slip, I might...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why Baseball, Exactly? | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...Redskins are my new Eagles. Which means that I am going to pick them every week, even if they never, ever win. And picking them is particularly easy this week, since they are playing that Pittsburgh arch-enemy, the COWBOYS. I like the 'Skins plus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

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