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Consumers, it seems, can't get enough of ripping (that is, copying a CD to their computer's hard drive) and burning (creating a new CD from scratch). In the U.S., last year saw a whopping 90% rise in the number of owners of computers with a drive that burns CDs (called a CD-RW drive, short for recordable/writable). A third of all PCs have one; 54% of new computers come with one installed. Half of CD-burner owners, reports Forrester Research, create at least one disc a month. Blank CD-Rs (discs on which you can record only once...
Sprawled on the floor, Daisy, a dark-eyed 7-year-old, reads aloud: "Chas smiled proudly. 'This is your lucky day,' he said.'" Her audience of one yawns and leans against Daisy's leg; Daisy reaches down to scratch the listener's ear. Mojo, a black Labrador retriever, sighs and settles in. It's the weekly meeting of the America Reads program in Santa Monica, Calif., which uses dogs to encourage kids to explore the world of books. After the session, Daisy tells a visitor that she likes reading to dogs because "they just sit and listen. They're calm...
...took a look at ourselves and realized that we’re not getting nearly enough boat speed after all the work we put in,” co-captain and coxswain Joe Finelli said. “We did a lot of seat racing and started from scratch. We got some new guys in the boat and set a new lineup...
Only in 2000 did Marvel and Fox finally hit the right formula with X-Men and get their first whiff of sweet-smelling success. Apparently, X-Men had that little extra something. Scratch, scratch. It is this simple. A comic-based film needs a truly super superhero. He needs to be the kind of guy every girl wants to date, and every guy wants to be. A superheroine needs sex appeal oozing from every inch of her vinyl suit and a superpower image that screams‚ don’t mess with...
Faced with a commitment to the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia, which contracted to host the production immediately following its ART premiere, Brustein started from scratch to write his own adaptation. Working around the clock, he produced a first draft in just seven days...