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...West Bank, leading to the death of 25 bombmakers and causing injury to 100 others in 60 separate "work accidents" during the intifadeh. Israeli officials deny any plot, saying demand for explosives is so high that West Bank terrorists are being killed by their own TATP, a cheap, improvised high explosive that can detonate accidentally, even if dropped on the floor. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources say, Arafat is trying to avoid any further violence in the region--though for his own political reasons, not from any fresh resolve for peace. Each terror incident gives more strength to the Islamists of Jihad...
...that blending of rap and metal and punk, they're still craftsmanlike pop songs, peppy, hook-centered, reasonably entertaining. None of them are insufferable, but the only one that totally kicks ass is American Hi-Fi's "Vertigo," which happens to be the lone slab of undiluted Cheap Trick-era rawk. It doesn't extend an olive branch to hip-hop fans with a DJ scratch, or to metal fans with a jackhammer riff , and who cares? You can dance to it or make out to it or, I suspect, execute cheerleading moves to it. It's encouraging that movies...
...playing cards and the line to the beauty shop out the door. Families were raving about all the personal attention. There are now 32 residents--and, during the day, six full-time caregivers (an impressive 5-to-1 ratio). Good care, it seems, can't be done on the cheap...
...Tiger Electronics, doesn't relieve himself on the carpet. His 16 motors make him almost creepily lifelike. Human reactions range from "That's the cutest thing I've ever seen" to "Get it off me! Get it off me!" Judge for yourself. i-Cybie can be yours for $200--cheap compared with Sony's $1,500 Aibo...
...unlock it. Right now this is just a trial deal attached to one tome - Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" - but you don't have to be Poirot to know that it won't end there, or that 10 hours' worth of reading won't stay that cheap forever...