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...almost obsessive focus of its foreign policy, seemed to score a coup of sorts last week when Russian President Vladimir Putin offered an anti-missile proposal. Putin's plan accepted the possibility of certain types of limited missile defenses. However, on close examnination, the proposal looks more like a mere barganing ploy vastly different from the system Bush would build. This gap between the president's designs and the systems our foreign allies and partners would support shows how much the U.S. stands to lose diplomatically if it continues to move towards a hasty and unworkable missile defense...
...Pluto, king of all the netherworld, got some respect among astronomers. In 1930, he joined his brethren as the namesake for the farthest planet in our solar system. But among some astronomical ingrates, Pluto has recently fallen out of favor. Two years ago Pluto was almost reduced to a mere "minor planet" by the International Astronomers Union, and last February New York's Rose Center for Earth and Space left Pluto off the list entirely, relegating him instead to a disk of icy comets known as the Kuiper Belt. One year later, passions still rage in the astronomical community over...
...Last month Alexander Yesin, manager of the bankruptcy sale, confirmed that indeed the painting will be auctioned in Russia. What he failed to say, but sources close to the Inkombank liquidation claim, is that in advance of the auction the bank's entire collection has been appraised at a mere $1.5 million...
Which leads to Part 2 of the game: Who would be tapped to take their places? The answer will determine whether the confirmation process is a mere brawl or a full-scale conflagration. The clash over Attorney General Ashcroft, with 42 Senate Democrats voting no, was cast by both sides as a warm-up for the war over the next high court opening, a slot with lifetime tenure. The Senate's 50-50 split adds still more flammability. Bush continues to say he most admires ultraconservative Justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, but will his resolve melt when...
...Legend, which is supposed to start shipping to retail stores this week, weighs a mere 5.3 oz. and has an "electronic bread crumb" feature called TracBack, which lets you retrace your route to your starting point. But the Legend's tiny memory--8 MB--means that for a big city like New York, you can't fit much more than street-level maps. Those are fine for finding an address, but don't expect them to recommend a good Uzbeki barbecue joint. For that, the Geode showed more promise. You can add as much as 128 MB of memory...