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...respect. In the 1990s, critics like Senator John McCain were deriding ultimate fighting as barbaric, and the public was aghast at the mixed martial arts bloodbaths. The sport was banned in state after state. But the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization slowly built interest among young people, filling the void left by professional boxing, cleaning up the rules and marketing itself through the reality show The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. The show helped humanize the fighters, managing to coax nobility out of their quests for martial arts fame. Spike TV brags that seven live UFC fights on its channel...
...Easy Going Green The article "Green Motors" was more fantasy than reality [Oct. 22]. GM, like the other American car manufacturers, misread the market, and foreign car manufacturers have filled the void. I remember when President Jimmy Carter first took office and called a meeting of the major American carmakers to tell them we needed small, fuel-efficient cars. Their response was that there was no market for them. Several years ago I saw a magazine advertisement for GM that showed all of its models and indicated that each would soon be available in a hybrid version. Great promise...
...have two options: you can be married or you can engage in crazy carnal hookups void of anything emotional,” Chen said to explain her differences with...
...stop-shopping site for everything that's important in the political world. I'm guessing that it will become the indispensable site not only for political insiders but also for all those who care about the presidential race. This site was designed by Mark and TIME.com to fill a void--it is clear, clean, Webby and user-friendly. Now you can check in every morning, as I do, with Mark's PageCast, which highlights the day's big political stories. (It's also my way of keeping track of where he is.) The Page exemplifies TIME's tradition of aggregating...
...British Invasion: The major U.S. networks may look more like BBC America as content from abroad fills the void. The U.K. version of The Office, with Ricky Gervais, is an obvious substitute for Steve Carell's NBC version. And Footballers' Wives would do for ABC's Desperate Housewives in a pinch...