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...Acceleration of Just About Everything, you are not alone. Through his discussion of time as related to changes in all aspects of life--from daily activity, to the entertainment industry, to politics--he endeavors to prove that we humans are like Alice in Wonderland's habitually late white rabbit, a race of "door close" button pushers and multitaskers who cannot win the race against the clock. What are some of today's time savers? Answering machines and computers used by 411 operators edit messages to speed the conveyance of information; elevators are being made to move faster; appliances such...
History suggests that something--be it a Wayans brother, a pill-popping cop or a fluffy rabbit--should surprise and win over the audience soon. In 1983-84 there was one sitcom--Kate & Allie--in the top 10. The next year The Cosby Show debuted. With the Friends soon to receive their Modern Maturity subscriptions, the right attention-grabbing comic at the right time could end up one lucky bunny...
...president of Deshine.com, to buy the rights to seven animated films produced at Pyongyang's 425 Studio. "Everybody thinks these films must be tainted by ideology," says Baik. "Actually they are very educational." Some are obvious parables of Kim Jong Il's life, but one features an apolitical silver rabbit that Baik hopes to merchandise in South Korea. "My hope is that children in North and South Korea can share the same movies and cartoons," says Baik. "Then they will have something in common to help build a unified Korea." That's a goal long-range missiles could never reach...
...pleasure to browse in this imaginary Anytown; each quiet corner is art-directed with meticulous pizazz. Tread carefully on the elevated rope "netwalk"--a sort of Swiss Family Wallenda--in the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. Stop to hear gorgeous spellbinder Nicole Barre spin an Indian fable, How the Rabbit Stole the Sun, in the Ahwahnee Camp Circle. Catch the charming film snippets of Rosie O'Donnell and Colin Mochrie in the Boudin Bakery pavilion. Wander through Paradise Pier, where you will find Wolfgang Puck's to-diet-for seafood restaurant, Avalon Cove. Are you listening to the perky sound...
...Part of the problem, of course, is that cable isn't a very competitive marketplace. Heavy infrastructure demands make it a natural monopoly in most areas, and it takes a big rate hike indeed to get a customer to switch to what's usually the alternative: rabbit ears. Without liquidity in the marketplace, the rush of competition takes a lot longer than a year to materialize...