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...operate the television, they will notice that their viewing privileges are being monitored. They'll see advertisements for an action movie throughout the day, and will be suspicious when they sit down to watch it that night and see a blank screen. At the same time, these daytime teaser ads will undoubtedly become more common, as networks find that they are losing a good portion of their viewing audience to the little black box behind the television...
...astronomers have looked for all of the above and more, but results have been inconclusive. WIMP searches are barely getting under way; MACHO hunts have turned up disappointingly few flickers at the outer edges of the Milky Way (but surprisingly many toward the galaxy's core). The latest teaser came last month when news leaked out that researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory had seen evidence for what could be a slightly massive neutrino...
Consultants say they are especially interested in the applicants' interviews. A popular approach in the interview is to offer a case question or a brain teaser in which the applicant must estimate a quantity or size...
...sneaked an advance peak, says U.S. distributor Alfred A. Knopf's million-copy advance printing may be an American record. The $20 hardcover is being put on sale in 35 countries in 21 languages, a commercial feat rivaled only by Mikhail Gorbachev's "Perestroika" and Madonna's teaser "Sex." Ostling, who says many expected repackaged boilerplate from the Holy See, says the Pope's book actually breaks new ground by providing his personal (if unsurprising) views on abortion, Marxism, competing religions and bad things happening to good people. "What he does," Ostling says, "is take on some of the great...
...year ago and up from 8.89% just seven days earlier. It's the highest rate since April 1992. Despite rising rates, home sales have remained robust recently. One reason is that homebuyers are increasingly choosing adjustable rate mortgages -- at about double the pace of last year. The introductory "teaser" rate on new ARMs is still below 6% nationwide, on average, and individual banks in many areas are offering terms...