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...temporarily, it is lagging behind in the perennial game of technological leapfrog. Nearly every major cable company is developing sophisticated new fiber-optic technology that will ultimately deliver hundreds of channels and permit full interactivity -- enabling viewers to order programs on demand, buy merchandise at the touch of a button and "talk back" to the set in a host of other ways. But this much vaunted technology is still years away from nationwide operation. For now, most cable customers must settle for 40 or 50 channels of traditional programming, technology that in many older systems badly needs upgrading...
...they further face a raft of federal definitions that can profoundly affect their economic welfare. The result is painful tensions between individuals and between tribes. Says an Indian activist: Just the question of how much Indian blood an individual possesses has become "a kind of built-in self-destruct button...
...State's senior Senator and his GOP challenger sparred over this campaign's hot-button issues--crime, welfare and the economy--when questioned by the panel of journalists. But they saved their most potent barbs for when they questioned each other directly...
...felt a tingling in her right pinky. Not knowing what caused it, Halper kept right on typing. Within half an hour her right hand and arm were numb. In less than a month, she was effectively disabled on both sides -- unable to turn a doorknob, tie her shoelaces, button her clothes or brush her teeth without excruciating pain...
...future of online publication lies in this interactivity. Perhaps a news story on the 6 o'clock news interests us; say, Mario Cuomo drops out of the New York gubernatorial race. Even if we live in California, we should be able to press a button on our remote control and instantly get reprints of all the New York Times's related articles from the past week. And that means true reprints, replete with original text, layout and graphics, not just printer-dumped text output...