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...same time, backing up your data is a cinch. The Pilot comes with a built-in docking station for use with your PC; plug it in, press a button, and the so-called "HotSync" process begins. With one touch, you can synchronize data between your desktop's time management software and your Pilot. U.S. Robotics also includes a functional organizer program with the Pilot; you can buy add-on programs that let your Pilot talk to other apps for a nominal fee. Dozens of freeware, shareware and commercial applications for the Pilot are also available on the Internet...
...attending Undergraduate Council meetings, down-time. Minimize your down-time by taking wolf-naps. In Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf, he observes wolves taking naps that are often as short as two minutes each. Train your body to do that, and all-nighters are a cinch because after you add up all the wolf naps, you already got all the sleep you need during...
...SEEING IT: Forbes is using his promiscuous ad campaign ($7 million in 12 weeks alone) to cinch the No. 2 spot behind Dole. This no-frills ad seeks to distinguish Forbes as both the outsider and the true-blue conservative (at least compared with Dole's modulated conservativism). Curiously, Forbes' face is his fortune: his cheerful awkwardness marks him as the authentic outsider in the race. Dole, by the way, never voted to increase taxpayer-funded congressional pensions, only congressional...
Prosecutors hoping that tapes of lewd phone conversations between U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds and Beverly Heard would cinch their case were thrown off when the 18-year old girl invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions. Her attorney explained her actions by citing worries that Heard's testimony might differ from what she said six months earlier, when she recanted accusations Reynolds had sex with her. Why she recanted is unclear. Charged withcriminal sexual assault,aggravated criminal sexual abuse, child pornography and obstruction of justice, Reynolds, a 43-year old Rhodes scholar, on Tuesday listened stone-faced...
Gelman erupted for 20 points and 10rebounds--season-highs in both categories--in atough 77-73 loss at UNH. The sophomore point guardhad numerous big plays all season, including asteal to cinch the win at Providence and clutchfree-throws to down Cornell in overtime...