Word: successful
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...completely dismayed at the way Joshua Quittner showed an Internet success story in "Boogie Sites" [TECHWATCH, May 18] without reporting the consequent carnage. Quittner said of Scott Hirsch, proprietor of DoMeLive.com "It was easy to find customers--Hirsch just trolled Usenet for e-mail addresses." Quittner didn't mention what Hirsch leaves behind while building his business--the problem of unsolicited commercial e-mail, most commonly known as spam. Right now I have more than 1,000 spam messages in my e-mail In-box folder. Those of us who detest spam support the right of porn websites to exist...
...form of vast urban-renewal schemes and regimented public housing projects that damaged the urban fabric beyond repair. Today these megaprojects are being dismantled, as superblocks give way to rows of houses fronting streets and sidewalks. Downtowns have discovered that combining, not separating, different activities is the key to success. So is the presence of lively residential neighborhoods, old as well as new. Cities have learned that preserving history makes a lot more sense than starting from zero. It has been an expensive lesson, and not one that Le Corbusier intended, but it too is part of his legacy...
That defeat, which brought the final curtain down on the Crimson's 1997-98 campaign, could not overshadow the team's success during the regular season, however...
While teammate Ivy Wang--the Crimson's top singles player--was sidelined with an injury, co-captain Gabriela Hricko had success on the singles side with an impressive fourth-place finish which included a 6-3, 6-3 win over the tournament's top seed, Barb Privel of Boston College...
...short term, the success of the Japanese experiment could change a few of physics' fundamental laws -- if the results hold up. "The concept of the massive neutrino has been proven -- and then disproven -- before," adds Lemonick. "But these guys are considered the best in the world, and their facility is considered the best in the world. And they're confident. So this is very credible...