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...Africa, points out that people print only about 28% of their digital photos, a long way from their habits with film, when folks often printed two copies of every shot. Kodak is selling products that allow printing at home; its EasyShare printer, for example, lets you connect your camera straight to the printer. Kodak makes money not so much by selling printer hardware, but by selling the paper and ink cartridges, which carry higher profit margins than consumer-electronics goods. Companies also hope to persuade mobile-phone-camera users to print out their shots. "For the entry level, the mobile...
...relieved to know that it's possible to have a nonawkward conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. In fact, she answers the door of her sunny apartment in downtown Philadelphia with actual aplomb. Sittenfeld has a dramatically curvy nose, dark straight hair and a loud, appealing laugh. Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy - she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness...
...human interaction with narcotics is powerful and complex, truly fascinating and the topic of a future column. Here I'm just giving the bottom line and its straight from my heart: if you break a bone, have an operation, wrench your back and get a few tablets for short term use - fine. You will be off them in a few days and probably never feel the grip. But if you have a chronically painful condition of any sort, do everything in your power to stay off narcotic pain medicines. These drugs affect not just your brain, but your mind. Lives...
Amid all the uncertainty, one thing is more sure: senior tailback Clifton Dawson. Dawson stands on the brink of history, with the chance to become to first offensive player in league history to be named first-team all-Ivy for four straight years. He is on pace to break the all-time league mark for rushing yards—with 4,715 yards, he is 1,087 yards off the mark—and touchdowns, established by Brown’s Nick Hartigan last season. If Dawson gets 1,000 yards on the ground, he will become just the eighth...
...would be leaving their room in Mower and say, “‘I’m headed to Lamont Library.’”“I’d think to myself, ‘How could he say that with a straight face?’” McPhillips said in recollection. Thomas W. Lamont became the youngest partner at J.P. Morgan in 1911, and was one of President Wilson’s negotiators in the Treaty of Versailles. He Lamont was also a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers...