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...something easier," she says. "Maybe if you do something a little pop, it's easier to promote. I had a choice. But I prefer this." Thank goodness. Bowmboï is mesmerizing, casting its spell with virtuoso vocals, rich textures and startling diversity. If her 2000 album Wanita was her breakthrough, winning Traoré worldwide acclaim as a rising star, then Bowmboï is a stamp of the 29-year-old's growing musical authority. Traoré's sound may be exotic, ethereal, otherworldly - all words trotted out to praise the good in the impossibly broad "world-music" genre...
...breakthrough is in the device's space-saving design. While a normal scanner lies flat and can take up more than a square foot of desktop space, the 4670 has the footprint of a medium-size dictionary and stands at a 45° angle...
Available in November for $199, the ScanJet 4670 isn't the cheapest scanner in its class. Canon, Epson and even HP sell models with the same 2,400-dots-per-inch resolution and 48-bit color for $150 or less. But its breakthrough design makes it worth the splurge...
...succeeds his 80-year-old father, Haidar, nearly 80% of the vote. The opposition claimed the ballot was rigged. Talks End SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Talks in Vienna between senior Serb officials and leaders of the breakaway province of Kosovo - the first since the 1999 war - were hailed as a breakthrough by E.U. and U.N. officials, even if little progress was made. Kosovo, which has been administered by the U.N. since 1999, wants independence from Serbia, but Serb authorities are opposed. Better Than No UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Iraq establishing a U.N.-mandated multinational...
...recently had a technical breakthrough and had some preliminary experiments that suggest that she might have been able to demonstrate that model,” Pellman wrote. “Her loss will be felt very acutely. She was a focal point of our group...