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When RUSSELL CROWE arrived at a Manhattan criminal court last Friday, he had the remorseful-celebrity look down pat. Funereal black suit and dark sunglasses to convey solemnity and sorrow? Check. Supportive wife (DANIELLE SPENCER) at his side, suggesting family-man stability? Check. Checkbook? Check. Crowe, who hurled a phone at a hotel clerk in June, was initially charged with a felony, which could have kept him from working in the U.S. But having paid the clerk, Nestor Estrada, a widely reported $100,000 to avoid a civil suit, Crowe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 28, 2005 | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

...PDAs Finally, computers that are truly personal. Called PDAS (personal digital assistants), these wireless, hand-held PCs function as everything from a checkbook organizer to a fax machine. In many cases, the pen-based devices can even make and take cellular telephone calls. ! 8 Bose Audio System Listeners got an earful from Bose as it unveiled the sleek Lifestyle 5 Music System. At $1,499, it includes a compact-disc player, a remote control that works around corners or through walls, and compact, cube-shaped speakers that deliver crisp, distortion-free sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST PRODUCTS OF 1993 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...leagues for walleye in the north. The FLW has added redfish and kingfish tournaments as it expands into saltwater pursuits. It underwrote 214 events this year, handing out more than $30 million in cash and prizes. That's up from 135 in 2000. Sponsors continue to line up, checkbook in hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Bass Boom | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...children by previous marriages were virtually all cut from the will. They tar their stepmother as a scheming shrew who came to be the housekeeper and stayed to clean house with a vengeance. She blasts them as decadent offspring making a last-ditch lunge at the old man's checkbook. Is this what is meant by an embarrassment of riches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Life-Styles of the Rich and Famous | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...officer responded to 1 Western Ave. in Allston because of the theft of a black computer bag, with contents worth a collective $3,850. The stolen items included a black IBM laptop computer, a calculator, a passport, and a checkbook...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

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