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...gambit is usually used by broadcasters to lop off low-rated tail ends of ballgames or awards shows that run long. NBC argues that the trick, which has upped estimated viewership by over a million, makes for an apples-to-apples comparison, since past Olympics haven't included that half-hour (except the high-rated Atlanta games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memo to NBC: How to Avoid a Greek Tragedy | 9/27/2000 | See Source »

Keenly aware of the critical roasting they would get, the fathers of Pop decided to bail out before drowning in red ink. Says Katzenberg: "Everyone in this space is blindfolded and trying to pin the tail on the donkey." The final ignominy came when indie start-ups iFilm and Atom Films negotiated to buy Pop, but no deal materialized. And so Pop was laid to rest, its tombstone a warning to all those in Tinseltown who would jump on the Internet without first understanding it. If Spielberg and Howard own the story rights to Pop's internal wranglings, however, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinseltown Titans Caught in a Web | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...Ryan Kelly is our inspirational leader," Kerr said. "He's tough, he works his tail off and really leads by example on and off the field...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Youth Will Serve M. Soccer's Year | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...sperm bank. The donor, who has fought the subpoena mightily, will be called as a reluctant but potentially damaging witness for the prosecution. It's not hard to understand his reticence - this guy probably thought he'd head in to the sperm bank, make his deposit and high-tail it out of there, check in hand and heart filled with thoughts of untold numbers of happy babies with his nose and hairline. And lo and behold, years later he's dragged into a court battle. Part of the problem, as far as Donor 276 is concerned, is that there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Much For That No-Strings-Attached Stop at the Sperm Bank | 8/24/2000 | See Source »

...court rejected the government's argument that the oncomouse is not an invention because scientists do not have control over some of its features, like tail length and eye color, arguing that those characteristics are irrelevant to the animal's usefulness and novelty...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Wins Patent For Mice in Canada | 8/11/2000 | See Source »

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