Word: splashing
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...easy for people to ascribe the league's success to the money the networks splash out to televise NFL games. "Football is the best reality television going," allows the NFL's Goodell. And the networks pay dearly for the eyeballs they get. Last month the NFL renewed two network TV dealswith CBS, a division of Viacom, and with Fox, a division of News Corp.that will guarantee $8 billion for broadcast rights from 2006 to 2011. Another News Corp sibling, DirecTV, is paying $3.5 billion for satellite rights through 2010. There are still cable and Monday Night Football deals...
...said senior Molly Ward, who won the 50 and 100 free and currently holds the school record for those two events. “Penn knew coming in that they really didn’t have a chance to win. But they didn’t even make a splash. It was a bit discouraging...
...time, Summers said the petition and the Islamic Society effort were “anti-Semitic in their effect if not in their intent”—words that immediately made a splash...
...lose their taste. "We did tests with over 9,000 people," says the company's marketing V.P., John Haugen. "In some cases, the new and old versions were liked equally. In others, consumers even preferred the whole-grain products." Analysts applaud the move as a much needed splash for cold cereals, whose sales are down about 2.6% this year. "Everyone is looking for a way to stand out right now, and this clearly helps," says Douglas Christopher of Crowell, Weedon & Co. So, are whole-grain Kellogg's Frosted Flakes next? Says Celeste Clark, a Kellogg V.P.: "We're continuing...
...rockers Clinic are a band consisting of four Liverpudlian doctors, hence the name. Their angular and icy take on indie rock has caused a splash in the underground with each of their three releases on Domino Records. Their most recent, Winchester Cathedral, shows a diverse array of influences from surf-rock to klezmer music and never fails to innovate or entertain. Tickets $15. 18+. 8 p.m. Paradise Rock Club...