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...York writers were still getting their fill of Little Leaguer Almontes saga of fastballs and fraud. The international press salivated over the soap opera that is womens tennis...
...long-running tech soap opera that is United States v. Microsoft had slogged along for much of the summer without a major twist, so it was fine timing when the Justice Department jumped in last week and moved the plot along. The newest twist: the government announced it is abandoning its long-held goal of breaking Microsoft up into smaller companies...
There was a time in even the recent past when CNN was the authority in television news. CNN would run live news coverage while other networks were showing soap operas. At night, CNN would present the day’s news while other networks covered local murders and fires. In short, CNN was the place to find the most important news...
...course. On his way to and from school, reps for advertising and modeling agencies, who scour the streets for fresh faces, repeatedly handed him their business cards. His parents disapproved, urging him to concentrate on his studies. But he phoned one of the agencies and ended up doing a soap commercial. "Only my body was shown," he says. An agent later suggested he try movies, so he went for an audition. He got the part and has climbed the ladder to stardom, usually playing handsome teenyboppers. "That good-looking face," he says, "can become a handicap, at least in acting...
...tour. After losing Virginia Slims, it rejected Tampax for being "too feminine," instead teaming up with a Canadian software company named Corel. For U.S. tournaments, it went with lucy.com which has folded. After another sponsorless year, the WTA finally signed with Sanex, which is some kind of European soap. "Places were selling out, and they still couldn't get a sponsor," Davenport says. "Players were getting fed up. As far as a leader of women's tennis, they've totally failed us. Nobody has helped us get there except the players. The success is pure luck...