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...Blueshirt Group, a boutique investor-relations firm in San Francisco, makes extensive use of IM. But Erica Abrams, 37, a partner in the firm, has opted out. After trying IM for about a year, she removed it from her PC. "It bothered me too much," she says. She found the constant pinging of messages intrusive and ultimately overwhelming. "Why bother?" she asked. "My clients are satisfied with my service already. I'm not sure I need to be more responsive than that. Isn't e-mail fast enough...
...Little problem. "We need to bury the notion that the biological world is going to collapse and we're all going to be extinct," he says. "That's nonsense, and it can make people feel the situation is hopeless. We can't have people asking 'So why should we bother...
...games feature bruisingly realistic graphics and obsessively detailed playbooks. (Safety Bait? Strong Y Flood? You make the call!) Both have player drafts, combines, trading deadlines and mini-camps for those who love to micromanage their rosters. Above all, both simulate the great game of football without the fuss and bother of physical exercise. Choosing between them is really a generational issue. If you're an old-school, Monday Night Football kind of person, go for the classic stylings of Madden. If you're a newfangled, wisecracking Sunday Night Football fan, opt for the ESPN-themed NFL 2K3. Or do what...
...know when to quit? Or prove that I'm stuck in the sport and won't get out until I'm speaking so people don't understand me?" Lewis is expected to announce his plans in the coming weeks, and a line of challengers is forming. But will he bother to fight any of them? A mandatory defense of his ibf title is due against Chris Byrd, wba holder John Ruiz is also waiting and there is the young Ukrainian WBO holder Wladimir Klitschko. Lewis may have lost some motivation, but he hasn't lost his financial sense. "If they...
...fact that the women may have been forced into prostitution doesn't seem to bother most of their soldier-patrons. Nor, until recently, did it bother the military brass at the bases. But now a U.S. Senator and 12 members of Congress are demanding action. Alarmed by a Fox Television news report casing brothels where trafficked women were allegedly forced to prostitute themselves to G.I.s, the lawmakers sent a letter to the Pentagon in May, asking for an investigation. "If U.S. soldiers are patrolling or frequenting these establishments, the military is in effect helping to line the pockets of human...