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When you're lying on a beach in Mauritius and suddenly have the urge to surf - the Web that is, not the waves - you're in luck. The small (pop: 1.2 million) tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean was racing to become the first country in the world with complete wireless Internet coverage, but Macedonia laid claim to that title a few months ago. Mauritian officials say that Macedonia's wi-fi technology, which creates a number of hot-spot "clouds" to cover the country, could lead to connections dropping out. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings...
...find "the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world and scare the tuna salad out of him!" That leads him to Sam. After Leonardo performs a full repertoire of growls, glares and gesticulations, Sam bawls. Not because of Leonardo, alas, but because of a monumental toddler's hard-luck saga that he tells the monster: "... and I got so mad I kicked the table and I stubbed my toe on the same foot that I hurt last month when I accidentally slipped in the bathtub after I got soap in my eyes trying to wash out the bird...
TOKYO Female entrepreneurs buy Bedat & Co.'s men's No 8 watch ($4,650) for luck; the numeral 8 symbolizes a good future in Japan...
...belong. It lifts the spirits of Aboriginal people," says Estens. About 100 towns have requested the AES, which is itself still being fitted out and road-tested, to set up camp. As Farmer Estens has learnt, sustainable progress needs the right soil and climate, clever management and a little luck...
...problems are just the usual stuff that all Presidents face during their second term [Nov. 7]. But this situation is not merely ordinary second-term burnout. It's not like everything was hunky-dory during Bush's first term and now his Administration is in trouble because of bad luck and circumstances beyond his control. What has happened is that all the horrible moves he made during his first term?invading Iraq, appointing cronies to top positions, insisting on secrecy, manipulating the media, backing a flawed oil-based energy program and embracing an irresponsible fiscal policy?are perfectly evident...