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...from 14%) say they would rather be rich and unhappy than poor and happy. While the majority of kids still say that if they had to choose between making more money and helping others, they would choose to help others, this year 39% would take the money (vs. 33% last year). A year ago, about the same number of kids wanted to become a CEO as wanted to be President of the U.S. This year 56% want to be a CEO, while only 40% want to be President. Perhaps it says something about role models, both in the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paging all Parents | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...between the Lebanese resistance and the Israeli occupation forces has been a modern-day version of David vs. Goliath. David won--only this time he was an Arab. OMAR S. NEHME Miami Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 26, 2000 | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...Rock vs. the Undertaker on prime-time TV, but the high school boys of the Extreme Wrestling Federation of Sayreville, N.J., try hard to make their contests look just as "real." They organize weekly bouts featuring costumed characters, intricate plot lines and the inevitable black eyes and scratches. In the EWF, as in the big leagues, fighters are assigned roles: low-down "jobbers" routinely get beaten up; superstars vie for championship titles. The boys know who will get slammed with a metal chair or smashed on a table. During the interview portions, characters accuse one another of cheating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suburban Smackdown | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...hear what the party planners decide we should. And news organizations are starting to wonder whether they should keep playing along. NBC will leave the bulk of the coverage to sister MSNBC; CBS would probably be better off with 'Survivor' reruns, akin to MNF's August 15 game, Tennessee vs. St. Louis, a rerun of last year's Super Bowl. At least next January's combatants aren't already settled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al 'n' Dubya Shows Are Too Boring for Prime Time | 6/21/2000 | See Source »

...manipulate it or transmit it, and then later render it on a computer display or a piece of paper. The same is true of music, movies, still photographs. While this is widely recognized, few people have a sense of the quantity of bits needed to achieve one representation vs. another. For example, when you read a book, you consume (if you read as fast as I do) about 3 million bits an hour. When you look at television, you consume 3 million a second. Obviously, all bits are not created equal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Everything Be Digital? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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