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That hasn't stopped sites from devising new ways to promote their perfumes and powders. Procter & Gamble's reflect.com asks women a series of questions, from their skin type to their personal style, and then offers custom-blended products not available in any store. Newcomer 2glow. com eschews the superstore approach, opting instead for streamlined Top 10 lists of soap, lipstick and lotion that have been rated by consumers. On all the sites, improved onscreen colors are making it easier to tell when a red is more fuchsia than rose. And three firms--AromaJet, DigiScents and TriSenx--are developing...
Some think that inflicting capital punishment is a primitive, irrational transaction. I disagree. Capital punishment seems to me a rational response to certain crimes, and one that is sanctioned by long-standing human custom. It is rational to remove a known killer permanently from society. It is rational to kill a killer as a warning to others. It is rational to appease the community's outrage and thus to reinforce the social contract...
...things that come with it--e-mail and instant messaging, news from the New York Times or ABC, detailed driving directions from MapQuest, even remote access to eBay auctions. And little doesn't mean less. Cell phones rely on a software standard called Wireless Application Protocol, which custom fits Web content onto those cramped little displays. Palm Inc., for its part, uses its own Web "clipping" technology to pull information onto its PDAs...
...cards will be sent when any emeritus member of the Faculty, research professor or current tenure-track professors dies. This was a University tradition until the central administration delegated the duty to individual faculties three years ago. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) let this custom slide away, as did all the other schools...
...cottages surround an indoor courtyard where heftier hounds can trot on a treadmill and quieter pups can cluster for story time and a snack. An outside yard has a pool and an agility course with hoops, tunnels and a slalom run. You can request custom packages that include a Yappy Hour with gourmet biscuits or outdoor picnics for your dog and a few closest pals. "When we pick him up, he never wants to leave," says Stephanie Ruthberg, 11, of Beau, her family's Bouvier des Flandres. "He thinks of it as camp, so when we go away...