Word: models
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...largest of America's 40 "schools" for homeless children. Most of them are little more than classrooms in shelters. Pappas, named after a local philanthropist, is the only public school with a $300,000 foundation, new buildings and a politically savvy staff determined to make it a national model...
...coolly furnished paradise, are bound to screw it up. Survivor and Big Brother change the reference from Genesis to Lord of the Flies and No Exit. But if what they show can be ugly, it's insulting to the audience to assume viewers must take this as a model for life--that's like saying Chinatown is an immoral movie because the bad guy gets away. The argument for and against VTV comes down to this: Are people helpless against all-powerful media? Are they incapable of participating in the media of their own free will? Are they unable...
...April, Gehry also unveiled his model for yet another Guggenheim, this one in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge. Whether it gets built will depend on Guggenheim director Thomas Krens' ability to persuade enough people that New York City, which has a Guggenheim annex in SoHo, needs a third branch. Gehry's design will also have to overcome critics who say it will dominate the Manhattan skyline, which takes some doing, but a building by Gehry could...
...member but want supercheap Net access, WebTV's $100 classic model plus a $20 monthly fee is a bargain. The price doesn't include the optional (but highly desirable) wireless keyboard or access to the interactive-TV features, but it gives newbies a cheap way to dip their toes in cyberspace...
WebTV's other advantage is its range of choices, from a bare-bones unit for $99 to a souped-up model combining satellite TV, digital recording and Net access for $449. Monthly fees range from $10 to $75. AOLTV, on the other hand, will launch with no digital-recording features (although it promises them later in the year as part of the deal it announced with TiVo last week). And everyone who buys AOLTV will have to pay $250 for the box plus a monthly fee of $14.95 (for existing AOL members) or $24.95 (for new users...