Word: versions
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...want Maurice Greene to put on the best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...
...rousing, intelligent, daring, retro, many-adjective-requiring entertainment. It has lots of fighting, but with a posh accent; this may be the first culturally acceptable version of WrestleMania...
With no new novel in the offing, Harry addicts will perforce focus their anticipation during the coming year on the film version of the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directed by Chris Columbus and scheduled for release in November by Warner Bros. The studio, which shares a parent company with Time, has already begun stocking its franchise stores with Harry Potter merchandise. This is a sensitive matter, and all involved are hoping it proceeds serenely. Rowling knows product spin-offs have become essential to the marketing of blockbuster films for children, but she has expressed reservations...
...recession yet, and we may well avoid the textbook version--consecutive quarters of negative real gross domestic product. But the economy is slowing so fast that it feels like a recession. Six months ago, real GDP was growing at a 5.6% annual rate. Goldman Sachs estimates that it will slow to 2.7% this quarter and 1.5% next. That's one of the fastest decelerations ever. Inflation is low, so the Fed has room to cut rates and maybe stave off anything terrible. Still, it looks like lean times ahead...
...render your precious angels or their brilliant artwork in Lego blocks. Submit a digital photo to lego.com/mosaic and Lego will send a brick-by-brick grid, similar to a needlepoint pattern, along with all the black, white and gray pieces you need to build it. A color version is due out next year...