Word: squashing
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...Most Bizarre Tip of the Hat: Tom Brokaw, at about 2 a.m., doing a dead-solid imitation of David Brinkley saying, "I thought I'd be out somewhere having a lemon squash and a glass of milk at this hour...
Instead, I would argue that the 2000 New York Yankees is the Microsoft of Major League Baseball. They have created two of the most hated dynasties in the last decade. We moan that they are the manifestations of individual power-trips, that they squash the dreams of lesser-beings...
...lawyers come in. Suits against Napster and MP3.com - the latter of which settled with several of the Big Five record companies last week - are rearguard actions, meant to slow the music business' evolution and milk its aging business model for a few billion more. The music industry may yet squash Napster with legalities, or force it to join forces with the old guard, as it did with MP3. But if the lawyers are tolling for Napster, the evidence they present - of what the Internet can do to a business model - is tolling even more ominously for the RIAA...
...Sophomore Margaret Elias continued to shine for the Crimson, earning All-America recognition while playing No. 1. Carlin Wing and Colby Hall were named to the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association Second Team...
...Soon, the so-called "Gold Coast," sprung up, a row of expensive and ritzy apartment buildings along Mt. Auburn Street, where Harvard's wealthy undergraduates could rent rooms. Buildings like Claverly Hall and Apley Court sported everything from squash courts and swimming pools to steam heat and elevators. For food, Gold Coast residents simply walked down the street to their social clubs, which offered some of the best cuisine in Cambridge. At the same time, public transportation was reaching new areas of the city. Boston and Cambridge were united by a modern and efficient trolley system, and soon...