< TRY HITTING ANY NUMBER KEY TO AUTO-SCROLL > <..and you can read with HANDS FREE.> WELCOME to 'SPORTS ON-LINE MAGAZINE' Copyright 1993 Vol. 1. No.1 ALL THE FOOTBALL STATS YOU NEED TO BE A CONSISTENT WINNER. SUBSCRIBING IS LIKE PLAYING A COMPUTER GAME - ONLY BETTER! WE HAVE A UNIQUE WAY way to get you to become a subscriber to this electronic magazine. We are running a contest each month in which you can win $2,000 and more as we get bigger. The way you win is to call our 900# WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. WE ALSO HAVE A MOVIEW REVIEW HOTLINE FOR YOU TO USE TO ENTER OUR SWEEPSTAKES. During the call you will get a clue to our CONTEST PUZZLE --- OUR FAVE RAVE MOVIE OF THE MONTH. Remember it and write this clue down on your subscription for to enter the contest. ********************** You can win up to $5,000 every month, simply by becoming a subscriber to this magazine and by calling our MOVIE REVIEW HOTLINE. On this 900#, you will hear a compilation of all the BEST MOVIE REVIEWS in the country and what we feel is a composite or a CONSENSUS of all these opinions. Therefore, you will get the country's best advice on whether or not to go spend your valuable time and money on a movie as viewed by the all the country's top Movie Reviewers. People like Rex Reed, Gene Shallit, Siskel and Ebert, Lyons and Medved, and hundreds of respected newspaper columnists go into the makeup of these reviews. So, you get a clear consensus on whether or not to see all the new movies and whether or not to waste your time and money. WHAT'S THIS CONTEST ALL ABOUT? When you listen to these reviews of current movie releases, somwhere in the message, usually at the end, we tell you about what we have CHOSEN AS OUR 'FAVE RAVE' OF THE MONTH! When you hear these words, right down the name of the movie we are RAVING ABOUT. Then, print up our subscription form, you'll find at the end of the Main Menu. Then fill it out and send it in to become a Subscriber. Our rate is a very low Introductory $15.00 per year. Less than any other magazine you might find on the Newsrack, mainly because we don't have to ever use up valuable forest and paper resources. So, here's how you BENEFIT as a subscriber. 1. You get this information at the nation's lowest subscription rate. 2. You get movie reviews that will actually help you SAVE YOUR TIME AND MONEY, by not investing it in the LOSERS. 3. You get a Long Distance Service that is guaranteed to be the lowest of any Long Distance Discount Plan in the country. This alone saves you the cost of your subscription every month! 4. You get a Contest in which you can win thousands of dollars in cash and we also give away several valuable prizes every month. So, you can't lose, and you are actually going to gain financially and you'll become a better and wiser person by becoming a subscriber. So, don't wait. 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