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Size may not be everything, but you could almost see Apple grow in stature at Macworld in San Francisco last week. Steve Jobs, who typically unveils one mystery product at the end of his keynote address, this time revealed a surprisingly large heap of new gear. Two dimension-conscious laptops grabbed headlines: the world's widest, with a 17-in. screen ($3,299, as carried by Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer) and the world's smallest, with a 12-in. screen ($1,799, endorsed by NBA giant Yao Ming). Their coolest feature: keyboards that automatically light up in the dark...
Americans tend to be very self-conscious about this sort of thing. Some patients don't even want to close their eyes. But surgery gives people an incentive to try new things, and a significant percentage of our patients take us up on our offer--to their benefit. We've done randomized trials in which some patients get tapes like these and others get sham mantras--meaningless scripts of random phrases. What we've discovered is that the words don't matter. The patients who do the best--in terms of managing pain and reducing anxiety--are the ones...
...They're dilapidated assortments of cinderblock homes, often standing near neat, clean Jewish towns. Over 50 Arab hamlets aren't even recognized as villages by the Israeli government and, therefore, don't get municipal funding. Israeli Arabs are much less likely to go to college and, in a security-conscious country, they're constantly questioned by police on the streets. Others complain that it takes them much longer to get through Tel Aviv airport security checks than their Jewish fellow citizens. And when they do elect the handful of Arabs who sit in the Knesset, Israeli Arab voters complain...
...deserves is as the year’s most overrated film. Though beautifully shot and populated with a set of unusually complicated characters, Talk to Her shamelessly and outrageously asks its audience to sympathize with a rapist. The film manages, paradoxically, to be both sloppily edited and deadeningly self-conscious. As it progresses, the audience is slowly but surely ushered into a stupor very closely resembling that of the coma victim at the story’s inane center. Talk to Her screens...
...DiCAPRIO: It isn't a conscious decision on my part. But some of the most amazing stories come from real-life occurrences, and for some reason they have a certain resonance with me. Real-life journeys - made by Howard Hughes or Alexander the Great or Frank Abagnale - they just strike a chord with...