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Most of the outages were quickly corrected, but repairing confidence may take a while longer. After discounting sabotage or a computer virus, investigators focused on the common thread shared by the stricken areas * -- they all use a computerized super-operator dubbed Signaling System 7, which automatically chooses the most efficient route for each call...
...there is another thread of argument running through the book: Dershowitz defends himself against the charge of inconsistency that I just leveled two paragraphs ago. Dershowitz insists that every position he takes is derived from righteous principles consistently applied--that he holds Israel and Jews to the same high standard as he does everything else. Dershowitz's opposition to capital punishment, he is proud to note, extends to Adolph Eichmann...
...modified money will contain a polyester filament imprinted with minuscule lettering and running from the top of the bill to the bottom. The thread on a $100 bill, for example, will bear the lettering USA 100. Visible only if held up to direct light, the thread cannot be duplicated by copiers, which use reflected light. The new currency will also contain microengravings around the portrait. First to be circulated will be the $100 denomination, which should appear by late summer. The bureau is starting with big bills, says spokesman Ira Polikoff, "because those are the most susceptible to counterfeiting." Next...
...size of the words determine the importance of the content. The larger the size, the more important this word is for the writer. 'Books," written with the utmost clarity and strength, carries off the prize. 'The Times' and 'Harvard' follow. The less important 'magazine' gets only a thread-like scrawl...
Many operagoers think that the jet plane has done more to ravel the thread of lovely sound than any other factor. A popular artist can sing in Brussels on Monday, Paris on Tuesday and Chicago on Thursday, and by the time Chicago rolls around, audiences often feel they are presented with a raspy voice and an unfocused characterization. Many veterans monitor their travel schedules as closely as their repertory. Rysanek arrives in a city two weeks before she is scheduled to sing. Kraus warns that if you sing in two cities on successive days, "your subconscious is working in both...