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Chili Contest preview.


To us, the annual Micrografx Chili for Children Cook-Off continues to be the best part of Fall Comdex. It's where the luminaries hang out on Tuesday night (all 6,000 of them), entertained by armadillo armadillo (är'mədĭl`ō), New World armored mammal of the order Edentata, a group that also includes the sloth and the anteater, characterized by peglike teeth without roots or enamel.  races, a battle of industry bands, and--this year--an obscure little group called The Temptations. We'll be dishing out our own legendary Road-Kill Chili, assisted by Miss Nevada
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nevada USA


The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America pageant.
 (or so the event's organizers have promised). But there will be lots of other meritorious chilis out there, so we thought a sneak preview sneak preview
n.
A single public showing of a movie before its general release.

Noun 1. sneak preview - a preview to test audience reactions
 might be helpful:

Borland Chili

Chock full of reusable object-based meat components.

Comdex Chile a la SoftBank

New recipe: sushi and rice.

Hewlett Packard Chili

Elegantly engineered from dead cow parts and dried vegetable matter.

Internet Chili

No Spam allowed.

Lotus Chili

Tastes so yummy, you'll want to buy the whole company.

Macintosh Chili

Still waiting for missing ingredients, but the t-shirt is fabulous.

Microsoft Bob An alternate Windows interface from Microsoft that was introduced in early 1996, but never caught on. It let you decorate your own "rooms" with familiar objects, and various animated guides such as "Rover the dog" provided online help.  Chili

The only talking chili that calls you a jerk.

Netscape Chili

The chili is free, but the cook walks away with $60 million.

Newton Chili

Bcgethelsdj! thq gfhe;a/;y;zx

0S/2 Chili

Lots of leftovers.

Pentium Chili

Puts a little Intel inside you.

Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  Chili

Plenty of beans, no meat.

SPA Chili

If you copy the recipe, they sue you

Tech Support Chili

Wait on hold 20 minutes before serving.

Unix Chili

Forty-three flavors, no head chef.

Venture Capital Chili

After one bite, they take away your bowl and spoon.

Videogame Chili

Chop up Verb 1. chop up - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
chop

hash - chop up; "hash the potatoes"

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

mince - cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"
 two aliens, mix with green slime Green slime may refer to:
  • Green slime (Dungeons & Dragons), a category of monster in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game
  • Green slime (You Can't Do That on Television), "I don't know"
  • Intelligence Corps, of the British Army
, blast with lasers.

Windows 95 Chili

Simmer slowly for three years, serve with lots of parsley.

Wired Chili

Glows in the dark.

The Micrografx Chili for Children Cook-Off, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 6:00pm; tickets, 800/357-7255; sponsorship, Kate Potts at Micrografx, 214/994-6413.
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