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...Senate floor on Thursday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had cited a New York Post headline that declared "Bush Knew," and added, "The President knew what? My constituents would like to know the answer." But by Friday, Mrs. Clinton was backing off, saying that she was not "looking to point fingers or place blame on anybody." Said Georgia Senator Max Cleland: "This thing went south fast. One side defends, the other side finger-points, and you get nowhere...
...consider[ed] four scenarios: a car-bomb attack, a chemical-weapons strike on a Washington Redskins football game, the planting of an explosive device in a federal building and an assassination attempt on Madeleine Albright, the Secretary of State. But the war game quickly melted down into squabbling and finger pointing...
...weeks ago, Pay By Touch was launched at the Thriftway supermarket in west Seattle. From now on, registered customers need only place a finger on a small scanner to cart off as many groceries as they want. Developed by Indivos, a consumer biometric company based in Oakland, Calif., Pay By Touch may be the best thing since the express-checkout lane. It allows shoppers to authorize credit-card and bank payments using a fingerprint, a copy of which they have placed on file. "People like it for the same reason they like speed passes at gas pumps--mobility and speed...
...FINGER FREE If you are serious about keeping your computer files safe, the Targus Defcon Authenticator ($120) may be for you. It's a biometric security device that scans your finger (you choose which one), memorizes your fingerprint and locks out all impostors...
Maybe for a while yet. It's tempting to wag a finger at spendthrifts living beyond their means, or at the new breed of middle-class speculators taking out buy-to-let mortgages to become landlords. Yet most British borrowers look quite clear-eyed and rational once you've seen their household balance sheets. With base interest rates at a 38-year low of 4%, many feel they literally can't afford not to borrow...