Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Divx deck can run DVDs, it also plays its own disks. Divx decks plug into the TV, just like DVD drives. But they plug into the phone line too. When you first set up your deck, you must establish an account with Divx central--your machine calls a toll-free number, and you key in credit-card information. (The player automatically calls headquarters once or twice a month in the middle of the night, which I find creepy.) You see, rather than simply renting Divx disks, you buy them outright, for $4.50, and never return them to the store...
...notion of what she was doing. Never a master of realpolitik, and without a Kissinger, she "declared war" on the Irish Republican Army, precipitating a fresh onslaught of terrorist bombings in both Northern Ireland and England. We are still recovering from the radicalization of Irish politics--and the death toll that ensued--that she precipitated...
...heading into a glut of 127,000 hotel rooms--up a scary 20% from the current level. That's one reason gaming stocks such as Mirage's have lost one-third to one-half of their value in the past year. The weakening global economy is also taking its toll. The high rollers from Asia, the focus of a lot of attention, are nursing their bank accounts. At the Mirage and MGM Grand, both popular with the big-money crowd, second-quarter earnings were down 31% and 56% respectively...
Gilchrist stresses, however, that he is definitely not a professional. "I don't intend to make a career out of it. Harvard doesn't train well for it anyway." The rigors of academia have certainly begun to take its toll on the wunderkid. He adds," When my roommate came to visit me this summer, we decided to play mini-golf. I was losing through the ninth hole." No longer burdened by the celebrity appearances, lucrative commercial endorsements and high-profile talk show guest shots, Gilchrist affirms that for now, mini-golf is but "a relaxing waste of time...
...Randomization has taken a toll on House life, but I don't think we should focus on a total overhaul of the system," said newly-elected House Life Committee member Trevor S. Blake '00. "We should try to make the Houses the center of social life again...