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...first two days were cloudy and cold. We hung around the beach in sweaters, just enjoying the view and sipping tropical drinks. When the weather improved, we explored some of the others islands and found the perfect beach on Paradise Island. It was completely sheltered from the wind, with pure white sand and almost no people. That beach was a beautiful sight--I really wish I was there...
...usual beach stuff; working on our tans, swimming, building a 10-person pyramid when we met up with some other friends, and catching up on sleep. I made numerous pathetic attempts to do some reading, but after getting through three pages, I would fall asleep. Sleep comprised a key component of my daytime activities. Whether I was on a beach towel, in a hammock or on a reclining chair, somehow, I managed to pass out for hours...
...strong staff stuck together, wrote the paper in an elementary school, printed it out of Minnesota and handed it out for free. This Tuesday, they got their payback: A Pulitzer for Public Service journalism, one of the highest awards a newspaper can receive. News editor Jeff Beach took it in stride, remembering "that special time during the flood when [the paper] was being snapped up at all the refugee centers... I think that meant more than the prize." That may be so, but the Pulitzer won't be amiss at the Herald's newly constructed newsroom...
Paula Jones was said to have been driving in her car when she got the news on her cell phone, pulled over and cried. Her family huddled in its rented one-bedroom condo in Long Beach, Calif., that afternoon. Jones' husband Steve, who has said of the President that he "hates the bastard," told TIME that "this is not over by a long shot. We'll fight until the last day. It's an injustice, a travesty." What especially galled him was the notion that Clinton's alleged behavior did not rise to the standard of sexual harassment. "If dropping...
...digital realm, the Next Big Advance will be voice recognition. The rudiments are already here but in primitive form. Ask a computer to "recognize speech," and it is likely to think you want it to "wreck a nice beach." But in a decade or so we'll be able to chat away and machines will soak it all in. Microchips will be truly embedded in our lives when we can talk to them. Not only to our computers; we'll also be able to chat with our automobile navigation systems, telephone consoles, browsers, thermostats, VCRs, microwaves and any other devices...