Word: offing
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SWEET SOUNDS So you're sucking a lollipop when a Sugar Ray tune pops into your head--in FM stereo. No, you're not hearing things. It's the Sound Bites Pop Radio from Tiger Electronics ($15.99). This battery-powered FM receiver transmits small, safe vibrations that travel from the...
ME MAGAZINE How to get your teenage daughter off the phone: buy her a copy of Teen Digital Diva II (Activision/Girl Games; $25.99). This PC-only software lets her create, edit and print her own teen publication (or, if she prefers privacy, her own "cosmic journal" with password protection). It...
Should you lack adequate funds or GMAT scores to attend Harvard Business School, Bing offers alternative strategies for conquering any industry--provided you are willing to forsake sentiment, human decency and, if need be, close family members. His slim, sardonic primer on workplace ruthlessness applies the teachings of the man...
Terminally self-absorbed, Evgeny Onegin (Ralph Fiennes) rejects Tatyana (Liv Tyler), the pretty, thoughtful, romantic girl from the neighboring estate. After marrying into the St. Petersburg aristocracy, she in turn rejects his belatedly awakened passion. Aside from a foolish, deadly duel, that's about all that happens in this handsome...
Sixteen years ago, Ridley Scott's blockbuster commercial 1984 introduced the Apple Macintosh to the PC market. Perhaps more important, it established the Super Bowl as the unofficial high holiday of capitalism--the launch pad for baroque, high-profile ads that today generate more excitement than the game. (And why...