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...could live without a cell phone that lets you download restaurant reviews and Daffy Duck screensavers. Yes, you could, but Cybird, a mobile Internet-content provider in Tokyo, is betting you won't want...
...possible," says Ljiljana Bacevic, head of the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Belgrade. Given voter discontent, that shouldn't be too difficult. In a recent survey, 50% said they were not satisfied with the direction the government was taking, versus just 14% who were content. Voters are dismayed both by the country's economic troubles and the infighting that has plagued the new leadership, notably between Kostunica and Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, former allies whose rivalry, diplomats say, is blocking reforms. The biggest casualty of Seselj's noisy run may be voter interest. His supporters' fervor...
...songs, at least to the untrained ear, have little lyrical content, and what they do have is largely irrelevant: words are simply a starting point and an excuse to add Claypool’s nasal vocals to the Flying Frog’s sonic stew. Songs are extended almost indefinitely, mutating as they go. It’s as though Sigur Ros got very drunk and woke up in Vermont playing blues for rock fans. Claypool even led the crowd in a Viking chant...
...early claims that Koko was a songwriter, saying, “This scheme is consistent with what [The Language Instinct author Steven] Pinker accuses the animal trainers of doing with Koko and the other ‘talking’ animals – taking utterances of limited content and coherence and augmenting them with more fluid pronouncements from the imaginations of the human handlers...
Half of the supporting cast is composed of freshmen. But these players aren’t the kind to be content with warming the bench or waiting until next year to make their marks on the court...