Word: topness
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...enhance rather than replace events like the Oscars and - important when DVRs let people record shows and skip the ads - make watching them in real time worthwhile so people can be in on the conversation. Because as much as we like to watch, we like to talk. (See the top 10 Oscar-nomination snubs...
...also love to talk back. This year, the Oscars' In Memoriam clip reel conspicuously ignored the passing of Farrah Fawcett; within moments, Farrah Fawcett was a top phrase on Twitter's real-time "trending topics" list. When an unidentified woman Kanye'd the Best Documentary Short director, barging onstage and taking the mike as he gave his acceptance speech, viewers were baffled - unless they were following Twitter, whose hive mind quickly deduced that she was the film's producer, kept from accepting the award after a falling...
Before the third, Harvard had jumped out to an early lead when junior catcher Tyler Albright scored off a single from junior right fielder Joey Smith in the top of the second. But the 49ers soon changed the tone of the game, after Charlotte scored nine runs in the bottom of the third inning. First baseman Ryan Rivers was the first to strike, sending center fielder Cory Tilton home to put his team on the scoreboard. Rivers soon crossed the plate off a wild pitch from sophomore Brent Suter. Suter allowed seven runs before he was replaced by Matt Doyle...
...Crimson responded with a two-run inning in the top of the fourth, but soon after Charlotte responded with three-run innings in the fifth and sixth, effectively neutralizing Harvard’s six runs in the seventh inning and sending the Crimson to its second loss of the weekend...
...Harvard Corporation—the University’s top governing body, which has long faced intense criticism for its lack of transparency—has begun an internal review of its governance policies and increased its interaction with the Board of Overseers...