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...sizes?such as entertainment-enabled personal computers that can link up with a TV and stereo; and Web-surfing, TiVo-style video recorders?will over the next several years invade the living room. Microsoft and Sony are already selling game machines capable of connecting to the Internet, anticipating the shift to multipurpose entertainment devices. And Nintendo? Iwata recently declared that the company is already working on a revolutionary new hardware unit, but says he won't divulge any details until next spring...
...don’t want these workers to be forced to stay extra hours,” he said. “So we should add another shift...
...Ingushetia. The Kremlin hoped to pacify the Chechens with elections in October, which the pro-Moscow candidate Akhmad Kadyrov won. But according to a senior Russian military official, "Kadyrov made a deal with the separatists. He recruits rebels into his police force, while the rest of the rebel forces shift the fighting to Ingushetia." A side effect of this arrangement, the military official says, is that money earmarked for reconstruction "actually funds safe havens in Chechnya, from which the rebels mount their attacks." After the train attack, Putin said, "I am certain [the rebels] will achieve nothing." The rebels seem...
...Prime Minister Tony Blair. Over 100,000 protestors, however, were not so welcoming, and jammed into central London to demonstrate against what, between mouthfuls of granola, they labelled his militaristic, high-handed policies in response to Sept. 11. In particular, the crowd railed against the arbitrary decision to shift focus away from pursuing al Qaeda to invading Iraq. Nonetheless, Bush left after several days with the firm rhetorical support of Blair...
...Dean for Medical Education Malcolm Cox said a culture shift has also played a role in the diminished willingness to teach...