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...TiVO. For those unfamiliar with this addictive new technology, TiVO is one of the new personal video recorders (PVRs) currently invading the market. Essentially a glorified VCR, it allows users to digitally record television shows of their choice without having to deal with a tape. By digitalizing the process, viewers now possess the ability to pause shows during their actual air time, record an entire season of “Law and Order” with a single click, and zip through boring acceptance speeches and overly familiar opening sequences (after all, one can only watch Sarah Jessica Parker?...
When Umberto Eco published his surprise best seller The Name of the Rose in 1980, he created a new kind of novel, one that combined a murder investigation with philosophical inquiry and introduced the world to the unfamiliar experience of reading about medieval theology while actually remaining awake. Eco helped invent the modern Euro-thriller: a sinfully addictive page turner that nevertheless leaves you feeling virtuous and cultured, without the hangover of shame that follows a sleepless night with Crichton or Clancy. This summer the Euro-thrillers are back, and they're not just good--they're good...
...Harvard ‘B’ boat dominated all competition it faced. Of its four races leading up to the final, none finished closer than a length and three-quarters back. While most of the Crimson’s club opposition was relatively unfamiliar compared to university boats, the Harvard crews were confident that they would win due to their heavy training in the fall that many of the club teams lacked...
...expectations change when we graduate. With all the surprise and shock of a plunge into cool and unfamiliar waters; we will be expected to stop playing adults and start being them. Our four years of practice will be put to the test—either leaving us satisfied at our thorough preparation or utterly amused at how off-target our role playing was. But either way, our adultness will no longer be voluntary, but rather mandatory; the burdens of our responsibilities will be real, and unlike our current costumes we will no be able to shed them whenever they become...
McClelland says he believes Woodruff’s support of student experimentation with unfamiliar genres of theater will require added professional guidance—guidance he hopes Woodruff encourages and students welcome...