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Lowdown: Blockbuster is testing the Freedom Pass in five markets with hopes to launch in early...
...Laden broke cover at a particularly awkward time for President Bush, raising doubts about the success of phase one of Bush's antiterrorism war just when he's pushing to launch phase two against Saddam Hussein. The news was rushed to him not long after experts at the CIA's bin Laden unit at Langley reviewed the audiocast on al-Jazeera, the network regularly used by al-Qaeda to deliver its messages. At around 8 p.m. that day, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice called Bush with the bad news while he was in the shower. Experts were almost certain they...
...that virtual world there is a one-time fee of $49.95 for the software, and the player-inhabitants of The Sims Online will then fork over $9.95 a month for access to its servers. Based on pre-orders, Electronic Arts expects to have "hundreds of thousands" of subscribers at launch...
...Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius published De Fabrica, a massively popular work illustrated with scores of statuesque figures serenely posing on pedestals or frolicking in nature without their skin. Vesalius was among the first to bring new discoveries about the body to the general public, and just as Copernicus helped launch a new era in astronomy, Vesalius heralded the golden age of anatomy. People queued up at the public anatomy theaters opening all over Europe, and dissections became a spectacle no educated gentleman could miss. These autopsies were scientific, but the ornate theatrical setting blurred the line between performance and science...
...case is particularly significant now because U.S.-Saudi relations are at a critical point as Saudi hesitation about allowing the U.S. to launch military strikes on Iraq from Saudi soil continues, and on other fronts, the longstanding relationship between Washington and Riyadh is under pressure...