Word: wave
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what bothered the Biospherians most was their bad press. After the first wave of glowing articles, reporters zeroed in, sometimes unfairly, on the project's New Age roots (its "guru" was John Allen, an eccentric engineer who used to go by the name Johnny Dolphin), its commercialism (it was financed by Texas billionaire Edward Bass in part to develop marketable ecotechnology) and its scientific flaws (an advisory panel issued a report criticizing the project's scientific methods and later resigned). Ironically, some of the same researchers who ridiculed Biosphere 2 are now making the pilgrimage to Arizona...
...Newton MessagePad, which hit the market in August, is part of a new wave of pen-operated palm-top computers. It weighs under one pound and can be trained to recognize a user's handwriting, a feature that Apple hopes will make it the most personal of today's personal computers...
...number that includes the descendants of the original refugees. To pacify their respective constituencies, both sides are taking extreme positions on how many exiles can come back. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has suggested the absurdly small figure of 5,000, while P.L.O. officials have said they would wave in the whole 800,000. That would increase the Palestinian population in the territories by one-third and bring in many individuals deemed security risks by Israel. In reality, both sides recognize that the main constraint on the number of returnees is economic: the West Bank and Gaza Strip are impoverished...
...Bains may not know it, but their nocturnal habits are of intense interest to the entertainment industry. What Hollywood needs to know is whether the Bains are a curious exception or the wave of the future. If videogaming is going to be one of the popular attractions in the mix of entertainment offerings on tomorrow's interactive TV systems -- and many are gambling that it will -- the people who create and market those games will have to know what makes people like the Bains tick. What do they want to play? Why? And, most important, how much are they willing...
...Mode now has a wider appeal but they've lost touch with the diehards, and it truly became evident at the concert. So if you are a neophyte who has joined the Depeche Mode bandwagon after this or the previous album, go and watch the fading remnants of New Wave icons and also enjoy the purple lights which will periodically hit your face. If you're a fan of their old style, buy some of their old albums instead...