Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police by short-haired haters that left two people dead, one paralyzed and parts of the city looking like siege zones, Mayor Wellington Webb felt the need to pledge that "we are not going to give up the streets of Denver." Residents wondered whether their city had become ground zero for a new Aryan offensive...
...bill's message is that regardless of the setting, "we should have zero tolerance for underage drinking," Hynes said...
...Pavarotti's big, clear tenor easily trumps Dion's showy yelp, and he doesn't stop there--he goes on to overwhelm the song's flitty lyrics and thrash its slight melody. Final score: Pavarotti: 3, Song: 0, Dion: 0. And while we're at it, give Dion a zero for this album...
...With direct-broadcast satellite TV taking off, millions of Americans (and early adopters in Europe and Asia) are enjoying the first digital television sound and images, including hours of sports and movies. In 3 1/2 years, according to the Carmel Group research firm, U.S. DBS customers have grown from zero to 5.8 million. And as cable and broadcasters start to roll out high-resolution programming in the next few years, more viewers will find a reason to be immersed in a movie-theater environment. "The future of home theater is in digital TV," says Dataquest analyst Jonathan Cassell...
...casinos are, as never before, making it their business to know who their customers are, building vast databases and utilizing the techniques of direct-mail marketing to zero in on specific consumers. As the gaming industry cranks up these sophisticated new techniques to seek out new customers, it's coming under scrutiny for targeting--knowingly or not--pathological gamblers like Willman. Indeed, a federal commission will soon start hearings into just such marketing practices...