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TURNING UP THE JUICE Tired of notebook batteries that fizzle after just a few hours? Electrofuel of Toronto electrofuel.com has developed the first 15-hr. backup battery. Called the PowerPad 160, it weighs only 2 lbs. and is just three-eighths of an inch. Made of a patented material, Lithium Ion Super Polymer, the PowerPad ($499) lies flat beneath your computer and plugs into the power port...
...everyone forget that possible presidential candidate Warren Beatty [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 23] is married to the beautiful Annette Bening, who was cast as the romantic interest of widower President Michael Douglas in the movie The American President? Go for it, Warren! Perfect casting! LINDA SONES FEINBERG Lynnfield, Mass...
...Capitol, because his new job is working as TIME's deputy Washington bureau chief. Cooper will help shape coverage of the 2000 campaign while continuing to write about politics. Fortunately, this will not require complete sobriety. As demonstrated by his piece on George Bush in this week's Notebook section, Cooper is lending the humor he has honed as a stand-up comic. "Matt works in clubs in New York and Washington," says Jim Kelly, deputy managing editor. "The big plus for our readers is that they can enjoy him without springing for the two-drink minimum...
Your item listing the salaries of various heads of state [NOTEBOOK, June 7] said the President of Costa Rica earns $250,000 a year. That figure is completely off the mark. The yearly salary of Costa Rica's President amounts to $98,036--including an allowance for expenses. The President does not live in a house paid for by the government but in his private residence. In addition, all household expenditures are paid from his personal income. JAIME DAREMBLUM, AMBASSADOR Embassy of Costa Rica Washington...
...discussing unfinished projects by director Stanley Kubrick [NOTEBOOK, July 12], you noted that AI, a science-fiction film about artificial intelligence, might have been a better film for his finale than Eyes Wide Shut. But the fact that Kubrick had already made a trilogy of sci-fi flicks (Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and A Clockwork Orange) is probably why he opted to do something different. Kubrick virtually reinvented each genre in which he worked, whether it was a horror film like The Shining, an antiwar movie like Full Metal Jacket or a science-fiction feature. It is not surprising that...