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...rival nations. Bollywood is the rage throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the huge worldwide diaspora of NRIS (nonresident Indians). The NRIS have made it a $100 million industry in the U.S., from DVD sales and rentals, pay TV, live shows like the Bollywood Awards, and big-screen exhibition; 14 of the 24 largest U.S. urban areas have at least one theater showing Indian movies...
...long time. But after his wife Diane died in 1997, the software-company executive and father of three grown children found himself alone and lonely for the first time since his 20s. As he worked at his computer one day in 1999, an ad popped up on the screen for a free trial membership on Match.com--one of the nation's largest matchmaking websites. Looking for a female companion who would share his interest in health and physical fitness to go out to dinner and movies with--and not having met anyone he liked at local church functions--Connor decided...
Regard for poetry has slipped a great deal. That is because at its best, with very rare exceptions, even simple and very direct poetry is now quite difficult for most readers. But now what is not difficult for most readers? In our society, in which the screen dominates and everything is visual and the flood of information is incessant, teaching people how to read is a major enterprise...
...rival nations. Bollywood is the rage throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the huge worldwide diaspora of nris (nonresident Indians). The nris have made it a $100 million industry in the U.S., from dvd sales and rentals, pay TV, live shows like the Bollywood Awards, and big-screen exhibition; 14 of the 24 largest U.S. urban areas have at least one theater showing Indian movies...
...Ground Zero flag itself was nonchalantly tacked above a large screen television—oddly enough in a cheap wood hutch—that was showing documentary footage from Sept. 11. There was no particular lighting, soundproofing or any other vestiges of a professional show. Even the guest book appeared to have been some cheap afterthought...