Word: wizardly
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...children in low- to moderate-income families. University of Texas at Austin researchers analyzed over three years the viewing habits of 200 children, 2 to 7. The results showed that kids who spent even a few hours a week watching educational shows such as Sesame Street or Mister Wizard's World had higher academic test scores three years later than those who watched no such programs...
Cats have nine lives. So why shouldn't MICHAEL JORDAN, coolest cat ever to play for the NBA, make another comeback? After slyly toying with fans and the cash-strapped league, His Airness has signed a two-year contract with his Washington Wizards. This is probably the first time in the history of the NBA that the temporary resignation of a part owner and director of basketball operations has caused a run on season tickets. The questions abound: Can he play? Can he play well enough to lift a team that has made the play-offs exactly once...
...deposed as head of South Vietnam's government in 1964, Nguyen returned from exile in France and served as Vice Premier, but his reformist views clashed with those of the U.S.-backed military leaders and he resigned after eight months. DIED. GORDON REECE, 71, dapper television producer and p.r. wizard who transformed Margaret Thatcher's image during her successful 1979 campaign for Prime Minister by advising her on hairstyle, wardrobe, body language and speaking skills; in London. Reece was knighted...
...other users in a big game of telephone, much as Gnutella-based software like BearShare does. The difference is that anyone can grab the Gnutella code and produce their own conflicting versions of it (think too many cooks). But Morpheus has been honed to perfection by MusicCity's tech wizard, Darrell Smith. "We've been nurturing our network," he says. An advantage of that: as of September, Morpheus will do one-stop searching on the Gnutella network as well...
...ring with odd powers and told to go save the world. So it's nice to see that early indications give hope to match the hype. Snippets of the Tolkien film enthralled viewers at Cannes this May. And the Potter trailer is a smash. Hogwarts looks like a wizard's dream come to life; Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson look just right as Harry, Ron and Hermione; Maggie Smith and Richard Harris lend their veteran charisma to the Hogwarts faculty. We can't say if these films will realize their ambitions--pride always comes before the fall...