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...Chileans back until last week from prosecuting General Pinochet was not doubts over the strength of the case against him; it was fear of the consequences. Before he stepped down in 1990, the general, who ruled at gunpoint from October 1973, had authored an immunity decree for himself to avoid just such an eventuality, and it was only 10 years later that Chile's supreme court found the gumption to strike down this pseudo-legal impunity. The reasons for their caution are plain to see: Many Chileans feared that the generals who'd voluntarily allowed the restoration of democracy...
...anyone who has ever had a heart attack knows, it's best to err on the side of caution. You should stop whatever you are doing and call 911 (driving yourself to the hospital is not recommended). Avoid any physical exertion that could put more stress on your heart. If heart disease or angina has previously been diagnosed, you may have medications such as nitroglycerin on hand. A nitroglycerin tablet placed under the tongue can provide quick relief by opening narrowed coronary arteries as well as other blood vessels throughout the body. Many doctors instruct patients to chew an aspirin...
...STYLISH CIGAR HOLDER TO FREE ONE'S HANDS AND AVOID HANDLING THE CIGAR...
This is not merely an apocalyptic vision. Members of this digital class are already banking and trading stocks over high-speed Internet connections and whipping out wireless Palm Pilots while others wait in sluggish teller lines with pockets full of Post-it notes. Buy online, and you generally avoid sales tax; if shopping in the real world is your only option, you pay full whack. By 2004, there will also be a digital divide between 29 million households with super-fast broadband Internet access and the online equivalent of the middle class--those who still lumber along on 56K modems...
...AeroVironment's chairman, MacCready says, "I try to avoid administrative tasks as much as I can." Instead, he thinks about the "big picture and what the world needs" and turns his ideas over to his 150-person, highly trained work force, which designs and creates electronic and mechanical devices, largely for government agencies and industry. Some of his initial creative work is done at home, with "crude tools and some duct tape and vises and hacksaws" bought at the local hardware store. "I build things myself," he says, "and if they work, then they get into the company. If they...