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...think we know whom to trust. Parents who tell a pollster they're keeping an eye on things may really be relying wishfully on someone--anyone--else, probably at school. But schools and libraries stake a claim on too little of the child's time, and inescapable First Amendment issues make it unlikely that any public agency will be or should be able to play an effective role in controlling Net access and content. That can happen only at home. One family may respond to the Web's enticements by disconnecting the phone line; another may simply make them...
...election, then, becomes, a showdown with more than a presidency at a stake. Of course, Perrotta throws in hilarious subplots and side characters (like the bee who stings Mr. McAllister's eyelid) to keep the story from lagging but everything comes down to the election's final count. Who will win? Or rather, as Tracy puts it, who deserves to win? Or maybe, as Tami puts it, who cares...
Weeks, sometimes months, before they want to show a film, groups have stake out their intended flick, lowing "13 easy steps," accord the Science Center's Web site to place a valid reservation...
Weeks, sometimes months, before they want to show a film, groups have to stake out their intended flick, following "13 easy steps," according to the Science Center's Web site, in order to place a valid reservation...
There is nothing mysterious about Wetherell's business model: find promising Internet company, buy stake, fund growth, provide guidance, sell company; or take it public and pocket billions. (It's one that is also widely implemented on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif.--the Main Street of venture capitalism.) But what has set Wetherell and CMGI apart has been his phenomenal success. His early investments in Lycos, Booklink, GeoCities, Critical Path and a slew of other Internet companies have established Wetherell as an uncanny picker of soon-to-be-ripe Internet fruit...