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...years, Lee's company, Singa Takara Enterprises, struggled to turn a profit selling custom-made spook equipment to clients such as the Iranian secret police. Then, in December, one of Taiwan's tabloid magazines whipped up a scandal by distributing free copies of an X-rated video purported to be of former Taipei politician Chu Mei-feng as she entertained somebody else's husband. The couple was secretly filmed with a thumbnail-sized camera hidden in a bedroom. Since the incident, which became an Internet sensation, Lee can't keep his shelves stocked?and Taiwan is gripped with hidden-camera...
Also saddened by the store’s closing was regular custom Winthrop J. Ruml...
...reusable plastic tags are the size of a business card and are powered by lithium batteries. The tags come with special markers filled with erasable glow-in-the-dark ink. Just write on the faceplate, switch on the tag and project your name in lights. Pc/nametag can also customize the tags to feature corporate logos or slogans. Although GloTags are decidedly less geeky than the old "Hello" stickers, their wild fluorescent colors might be too reminiscent of the nightclub scene for more serious business gatherings. And because each tag costs almost $5 (more for custom orders), you will want...
Such praise could be taken as a comment on the mess the Kingdom was in when Abdullah gradually began taking over following King Fahd's stroke in 1995. Custom dictated that Abdullah, as heir apparent, take the helm; the King, now 80, still appears for ceremonial functions but is too frail to run the country. During Fahd's 20-year reign, government spending as well as Saudi births soared, while oil revenues declined from $40 a barrel in 1980 to about $20 today. Fighting off Iraq's Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War also set the Kingdom back $60 billion...
...materials from library reserves. If he had made his fair use copies earlier, I am sure he could find a time when he wouldn’t have to duke it out with his fellow students. He expects someone to go through the trouble and expense of creating a custom text and then set up a copier for him to use to copy it for free—and make 50 originals available so that there would be no lines, no waiting. Who does he think would pay for this convenience, which he considers his “right?...