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...late convert to Hold ‘Em (the popular five-card poker game), but I’ve always been a card player. In fourth grade it was Chinese poker, then hearts. Four of us would set up a notebook between our knees on the bus, or push the trays aside at lunch and play some more. The Klutz Guide to Becoming a Card-Shark was my favorite book...
...both Suu Kyi and Tin Oo are still under house arrest. The authorities shut NLD offices nationwide, although last week the party's Rangoon headquarters was allowed to reopen. The party rank and file remains traumatized. Later, I would meet a stalwart too fearful to carry his NLD membership card but who instead defiantly scratched his membership number from memory on the corner of a newspaper...
...there exist no licensed players for the Linux operating system, so while the three million Linux users can all play DVDs on their computer using a clever program called DeCSS (versions of which have been written that are small enough to fit neatly on the back of a business card), to do so is a violation of federal law. It’s equivalent to selling a book on the express (though not explicitly agreed upon) stipulation that a whole group of potential readers couldn’t break a seal put on chapter 10. There’s nothing...
When experts talk about what you should do with your tax refund, they usually focus on a couple of options: deposit it in an IRA or pay down your credit-card debt. But there are other options to consider, especially because, thanks to last year's tax-law changes, this year's refunds are 5% higher, averaging $2,100 per return. You may eventually decide the IRA deposit or debt-reduction strategy is for you--but here are some other possibilities...
...Wilder. When Vince and Ralph are instructed how to walk the talk ("Marilyn Monroe crossed with a bit of penguin"), it's like watching out-takes from In & Out and The Birdcage; later, when Postlethwaite's pit-bull-faced inspector comes to town, it's a gay Green Card...