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...Syrian army has occupied Lebanon for almost as long as the Israelis have, and Damascus retains de facto military and political control over its fragile neighbor. Israel's Lebanon dilemma had for most of the past decade been a key bargaining chip in Syria's efforts to negotiate a peace agreement involving Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Israel's unilateral retreat from Lebanon has now deprived Damascus of that leverage, calling Syria's bluff. Moreover, it's beginning to raise the question among Lebanese of what purpose is served by Syria's presence, which has been presented...
None of which is to say that the PlayStation 2 will sink without a trace. It's stuffed with great graphics chip technology and a fully functioning dvd drive. It could still keep Sony on top of its game as long as innovative software developers can handle the Hollywood-like production costs (which regularly approach $2 million per game). And if there's one thing Sony has bundles of, it's cash...
...broaden the company's ethnic base without severing its traditional roots? Webre is drawing sellout crowds by cannily juxtaposing blue-chip masterpieces by George Balanchine, Paul Taylor and Antony Tudor with new works by such younger choreographers as Nacho Duato and Dwight Rhoden. And his aggressive outreach efforts include Dance D.C., an ambitious pilot program of inner-city public school dance classes, and low-priced "Beer and Ballet" previews held at the company's studios in northwest Washington...
...Silicon-chip warfare takes smarter, smaller weapons--the type that debuted in the Gulf War--and weaves them into an unprecedented net of knowledge about the enemy's whereabouts. These data may do more to change the face of war than any new weapons--so long as G.I.s don't drown in them. Gleaning information on the enemy's whereabouts remains challenging, which is why the Army is striving instead to track, on computers, the location of the good guys. If a unit in the valley below doesn't show up on your screen as a "friendly," you're free...
Smell, for example, perhaps the most primal of senses, is being digitized the way sight and sound have been. The basics of what makes a smell can be captured molecularly and expressed digitally on a chip at a reasonable price. Companies like DigiScents of Oakland, Calif., and Ambryx of La Jolla, Calif., have already developed digital odors. Cyrano Sciences of Pasadena, Calif., is developing medical-diagnostics technology that can "smell" diseases...