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...hours of DVD-quality video. The camcorder?no larger than the average digital still camera?can also shoot 2-megapixel photographs and has a built-in 10x optical zoom lens for both video and stills. One thing that's not mini, however, is the price: $1,425 for the basic GZ-MC100, and $1,605 for the GZ-MC200, which has a swiveling grip for extra comfort...
...decades, India has been the final destination for much of the world's trash: rusty cargo ships, plastic scraps, rags and used engine oil. Even thousands of tons of rubble from the World Trade Center were shipped to India for disposal. Taking refuse for a fee is a basic trade, but it provides satisfactory profits for recyclers...
...President in tough times. My guess is that many Americans suspect there is more bad news to come in Iraq and quite possibly on the domestic economy. They are open to the idea of replacing Bush, but not with a politician who shares the President's most basic flaw--a cynical underappreciation of the public's ability to sacrifice, hunker down and directly confront what has suddenly become a very difficult world...
...gender, or minds may differ because of religious belief. While human beings prefer to divide themselves into religious, ethnic and national groups, a believer in tawhid has a more profound understanding of mankind. He looks past these divisions, recognizing that the soul in each body is of the same basic nature—it is human—and therefore, it is connected to other souls by this common attribute. Humans are brothers to each other. By extension, a belief in tawhid is a belief in social equality. One who believes that humans are brothers also must believe that humans...
Meeting student constituents and making sure they’re aware of campus issues sounds like the most basic job of being a student representative—yet, it’s been a job lacking for a long while. If the council makes a genuine effort, as it looks like it could be making, then they will have well proved their worthiness for the boost in their budget. Harvard will be more fun, students will be happier, and we’ll have no reason to complain of an out-of-touch council any longer. So, what?...