Word: dicier
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...sidewalk issue is dicier. In order to ensure that Segways are permitted to move alongside pedestrians, Kamen's regulatory-affairs mavens will have to keep the machine from being classified either as a motor vehicle or as a scooter. At the federal level, the deal is done--though, for a while, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wanted to classify the Segway as a "powered industrial truck." Technically, final sidewalk authority rests with state and local governments. Kamen is betting, however, that the decision will be made not by lawmakers but "de facto, by what becomes standard practice...
...only nation in Asia that wasn't gasping for air before Sept. 11 was China. Now its outlook is dicier. Approximately 40% of China's exports are typically sold to America's now-stumbling economy. But China could sail through the war on terrorism?if it's quick and clean. Property is still booming in Beijing, and Shanghai's once-stagnant real estate market is enjoying a revival. At the ritzy Oriental Plaza shopping mall, a few blocks from the Forbidden City, merchants claimed no drop in business after the attacks. "Why should what happened in the U.S. affect what...
...major risk: Microsoft says .NET will be "open code"--accessible to non-Windows platforms--meaning the company may not be able to leverage its monopoly as intensely as it has in the past. Another risk: Microsoft is moving from its lucrative pay-for-software model to a far dicier subscription model...