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Ogunwole dropped out of championship contention by falling in clinches to eventual runner-up Karanadze, who won coin tosses for 1-0 advantages in the second and third periods to overcome a 2-1 first period deficit and defeat the American...
...second and third period neither of us scored a point in the two minutes so the referee flipped a coin, which [Karanadze] won both times,” Ogunwole wrote. “Basically he was given a far better advantage and he took advantage of it to win both of the periods...
...from Acer, Taiwan's well-known computer company. The BenQ logo can now be found on MP3 players, LCD TVs and monitors, notebooks and mobile phones. An 80-person design team, led by a former Porsche designer, has created trendy gadgets aimed at Asia's youth, such as a coin-sized MP3 player that can be worn as a pendant and sleek laptops called Joybooks. In May, the company launched a square phone, the Qube, with functions that include an MP3 player and a high-quality camera. A clever TV spot for the Qube, featuring popular Taiwan pop band Mayday...
...bands. "We play, rain, hail or shine," says organizer Tania Bosak, a Croatian immigrant and live wire on the local arts scene who started the evenings five years ago. There's no cover charge-instead, band members walk around between sets holding out hats and caps for "gold-coin donations" (small-denomination silver change is frowned upon). But what's really special is the diversity of the audience. Expect to see suited office workers and bedraggled backpackers, elderly couples and trendy young things, all enjoying everything from toe-tapping swing to bebop. "Tasmanian people aren't afraid of the elements...
...alliances and discreetly sort out their spheres of influence. The U.S. and the Soviet Union are in a paradoxical and unprecedented position. Their irreconcilable differences prevent them from making real peace; nuclear weapons prevent them from making war. Partly for that reason, arms control has emerged as the new coin of the realm, which the two sides use to measure progress toward a reduction in tension...