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...PROS: We'll get back...
...VIRTUAL-REALITY ACTORS Pay-per-view will become pay-per-play, allowing these pros to interact with you in cyberspace dramas. Scriptwriters will also be in high demand, as mouse potatoes clamor for new story lines to escape from their droned-out existence...
...main point: markets are risky, and even pros lose their shirts. Soros' funds ran into trouble trying to trade their way out of a loss. Robertson bullheadedly stuck too long with a concentrated position in out-of-favor value stocks. Buffett, whose stock has been edging back, refused even small exposure to an important sector: technology...
...quickly learned that Kibu was not quite as cool as I thought. On the up side, the girls loved the name, loosely translated as foundation from Japanese. Articles on how to write an essay, turn down a date and weigh the pros and cons of dorm life went over well too. "I'm going though some of these same things," said Layra, 17. On the downside, they found the overall format and design dull. Unlike Alloy and Bolt, which pulsate with colors, animations and links, Kibu's haiku look--which features nothing but a series of faces on the opening...
Still, the 400 female pros and more than 1,400 amateurs worldwide represent a fivefold increase over the numbers three years ago and have brought a corresponding increase in the game's popularity and skill. Women garner better ratings than men on ESPN and sell out casinos. Even Hollywood has taken notice. At the Sundance film festival in January, Girlfight, about a woman who finds fulfillment through boxing, won a prize for drama. On the Ropes, a documentary featuring Tyrene Manson, an aspiring pro fighter training for the Golden Gloves, was nominated for an Oscar. "Especially with the growth...