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LOCATION, LOCATION It's a great idea: when you get lost in the woods, your cell phone tells you--and your rescuers--exactly where you are. The FCC now requires carriers to offer a phone that doubles as an emergency locator beacon, and Sprint PCS is the first wireless service to sell one. Its GPS-equipped SPH-N300 ($150) will go live next week in Rhode Island. By the end of 2002, all Sprint phones will have GPS capability...
...intimate friendship with so many people, Denny provided to us warmth and passion that was without end; he was in many ways a beacon of security. Those who cared for him may remember most vividly a certain hug from Denny, a trademark playful—almost mischievous—Denny smile aimed at them or nearly anything from his giant heart. Denny’s presence was so solid and large in our lives and in our hearts that he transcended our own individualism. He gave us a sense of being lucky to be part of the great...
...Brown University’s complete absence of Core requirements are the two curricular extremes of the Ivy clique. Harvard’s Core program stands right in the middle, with a curriculum that’s more than a distribution requirement and yet not quite the shining beacon of liberal arts education that it was meant...
...ruling was quite a hopeful sign for us, and because it’s New England, especially [a sign to] the Ivy League,” Jahanbani said. “It’s in the back of everybody’s mind that we can be a beacon of hope, because there was definitely a ripple effect the NYU success...
...chef-owners of the trendy Manhattan restaurants Beacon and Ouest, Waldy Malouf and Tom Valenti like to keep things simple--and expertly cooked. Following the attack on the World Trade Center, they felt compelled to turn that tried and true approach to a different sort of nourishment. Windows on the World, the renowned restaurant atop the north tower, was gone, and with it a staff of 73, from dishwashers and busboys to managers and accountants. "We knew that a lot of them were at the lower end of the pay scale," says Malouf. "And we knew immediately that there were...