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...weather scuttles the new President's plan to ride in a solar-powered limousine and interior decorators protest his plans to install hemp drapes in the Oval Office. But Albert Gore Jr. has finally achieved the office for which he has been groomed all his life. Gone is the awkward campaigner. In his place is the relaxed, witty man who aides and family members always insisted was the "real" Al Gore...
...Simputer is a still-awkward (though highly anticipated) child of Indian humanism and technology. Its future depends on how well it is nurtured, by investment, by improvement, by acceptance. But for the moment it is one of the best tools the developing world has to get wired. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bang-ladesh's Grammeen Bank, gushes that the Simputer "will be an Aladdin's Lamp in the hands of the poor." Kenneth Keniston, director of projects in science, technology and society at M.I.T., believes the Simputer "should be more than adequate to meet any foreseeable computing, Internet...
...events in Moscow came at an awkward time for the Bush Administration, which is trying to hype its so-far-so-good relationship with Putin. Last week the State Department publicly called the campaign against Media-Most "politically motivated" and "deeply disappointing." But more dramatic moves, such as excluding Russia from meetings of the G-8 group of industrialized nations or blocking its access to the World Trade Organization, were only idly discussed. "If the Russian people are not willing to defend this valuable achievement," said a State Department official, "then it's not up to us to defend...
...Over the Guy, which also features Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow and Doris Roberts, is sweet, funny and romantic, even if it drags at times. It’s running themes apply to relationships of all kinds: the awkward blind date experience, unrequited love, mixed signals of all sorts, the joy of reconciliation between two quarrelling partners...
...relationship with China may be the most important one on the planet. Everyone seemed to have an opinion about it--even people who didn't know what they were talking about (sometimes on TV). But behind the scenes, Washington's power brokers learned some things from this awkward engagement. Below, four lessons that will shape future policy...