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...grassy lawn of Quincy House. During a trip to the superintendent's office, we discovered that a roll of toilet paper--when punted with a flick of the ankle--has surprising loft and travels far. Wrap the roll in masking tape to prevent the paper from unravelling, and voila--you have a genuine toilet ball, good for about 50 minutes of play before it totally falls apart. Advantages of toilet ball over conventional projectiles: It's soft to catch and can't possibly injure bystanders. It also costs nothing and recycles easily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Fascination of What's Easy | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...another film about ballroom dancing, you say. You can see it already--Girl meets Boy, but Boy doesn't know she's alive. Boy loses partner. Suddenly Girl lets down her hair and transforms into Miss Latin Dance Queen. Boy falls in love with Girl, and voila--end of story. Not so here. To start with, Girl already knows how to dance, and Boy (and no, ladies, don't get your hopes up, he's not Chayanne) is going through a mid-life crisis. What kind of a movie is this, anyway...

Author: By Julie Rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dance With Me: It Takes Saura To Tango | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...There are computer terminals everywhere, and people tend to lose their shuttle schedules," he says. "It literally takes seconds to set up, and voila, there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shuttleboy to the rescue | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

...date, he is doing so because he still carries a torch for her, not from an unhealthy obsession. Add to the mixture pseudo private eye Matt Healy (the wonderful Matt Dillon who nearly steals the movie), the bizarre Dom (Chris Elliott) and a slew of other comedic characters--and, voila, a hit is born...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Here's Something To Laugh About | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

...decorate refrigerators and file cabinets. This week the makers of Magnetic Poetry kits leap onto your PC. A $30 ElectroMagnetic Poetry CD-ROM sends word chips skimming the background of your choice (our favorite: the Fruit Loops). Just click and drag the words you want onto a palette, and voila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Jun. 15, 1998 | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

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