Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...want, but have you ever seen how fast two Olympic-level competitors can knock around a shuttlecock? Of course you haven't, because badminton, table tennis, race walking and for that matter almost any of the more obscure Olympic sports haven't made the prime-time lineup. Instead, NBC relies on the more familiar gymnastics, track and field, diving - fine sports all, but focused on in the mistaken belief that, because average viewers recognize them, they'll be of greater general interest...
...think they (politicians) can focus more on youth-oriented media. Instead of going through the routes of CNN or C-SPAN, they could have debates on David Letterman," said Hannah Choi '01, the chair of the Student Advocacy Committee...
...told a redhead he was opposed to any form of marijuana legalization (see it here in Real Video on slow fast or broadband connections), and once at the end, challenging a young hip-hop Turk to "become the change you want in the world," instead of just moaning explicitly about it. Points for quoting Gandhi, history's ultimate noodge...
Tuesday Al Gore came to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for a youth forum with MTV and TIME. While the veep has taken to dressing down, he didn't totally go Joe College. Instead he looked like a dad who'd shown up early for Parent's Weekend, dressed in khakis, a green button down and tie-up shoes (but sans Palm Pilot...
...another action that won him fans), and there was no audio feed to the reporters who travel around with him, and the reporters were not amused. But they should chill. The questions were similar to the ones Gore's been asked before and his answers were largely the same. Instead, the intriguing moments were the small things: A kid must have put out an arm for the veep's autograph. "I'm sorry. I don't sign skin," I heard Gore apologize. Who knew...