C-SPAN http://www.c-span.org The Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network since 1977 has provided American citizens unique access to workings of their government. C-SPAN's web pages give information as timely, precise, and impartial as the network's video programming. This week C-SPAN presents key documents relating to Judiciary Committe hearings. 12/10/98

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Chef Boyardee http://www.chefboy.com/ Whatever the merits of his pasta products, the Chef's page has nice layout, color, and animation. Flashy, yet restrained. Needs the Shockwave player for full effect. 11/26/98 --ref by CNN Interactive

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Wizard of Oz http://www.thewizardofoz.com Information about the digital re-release of the cinema classic. 11/8/98 --ref by CNN Interactive.

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Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/ AltaVista web search facility now has Systran language translation. Taking its name from the multilingual creature of Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide, Babelfish is quick and easy. Beware pitfalls of literal translation, however. As a test, translate a sentence from one language to another and back... the result is "often strange and sometimes hysterical" 10/22/98 --submitted by Mike S.

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Terraserver http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ Microsoft's database of photographs from space is the world's largest online database. With a little patience buildings in the Bangor area can be seen. Bangor is about 44 deg 48 min North by 68 deg 46 min West. Images are slow to load. The latest web browsers are needed to download copies of the composite images, although images can be captured easily from the screen. 10/18/98--submitted by Shawn B.

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Visual Thesaurus http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/ PlumbDesign's 'Visual Thesaurus' is worth seeing. The "Thinkmap" system allows you to "follow a thread of meaning" through a spatial map of associations. 10/09/98 --ref by CNN Interactive

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PBS Online Clean, crisp design loads quickly. Timely information for viewers of Public Broadcasting. 9/25/98 --submitted by Eugene B.

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