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While it is entirely possible to send text messages using your cell phone, many Americans balk at typing them out on a tiny numeric keypad. AT&T Wireless's Ogo ($99, plus $17.99 a month) offers a solution. It has a wide keyboard, sharp screen and slim profile. You can send not only SMS text messages but also email and instant messages using AOL, MSN or Yahoo...
...lust for adventure in exotic locales, yet balk at the idea of sacrificing luxury? Then plan your winter holiday escape with a high-end-tour company catering to those who simply want the best. It's as easy as picking up the phone (and shelling out the cash). Here are some leading operators...
...country needs in its President. If Bush wins, it will prove once again that politics is not moral. Pascal Gendreau Paris Brink of Destruction After reading Simon Robinson's World Watch item "Slow Going in Darfur" [Sept. 6], I was very discouraged that the international community continues to balk on responding to the crisis in Sudan. One would think that after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we would have learned something. The world must act before yet another group of people is wiped out. William B. James III Galati, Romania
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Most people balk at the cost of these memberships, but for the exceptionally wealthy it's spare change. "What are people going to do with their money?" asks Bill Fischer, founder of Fischer Travel in New York City (the agency is so select that its telephone number is available only by word of mouth). "They have the houses, they've got the fancy cars and drivers. The next things are luxury and privacy--and they're willing to pay for them." --BY MELISSA CERIA