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...holidaymakers drawn in its wake. But there is more to Sydney, some of it darker, some of it frivolous, a hint of irresponsibility that suggests its delights are the fruit of serendipity rather than foresight. Too often Sydney's leaders and functionaries have been indolent, self-serving or downright corrupt, but somehow locals remain confident that, in the Australian vernacular, "she'll be right"; things will turn out fine. More often than not, they do. And, the wisdom of their inaction confirmed, Sydneysiders get on with business, head back to the beach or the barbecue. If, as author Donald Horne...
...site--which has yet to hear from the FEC--has deals with some 400 e-tailers to give an average of 10% of each purchase to the California Republican Party. But not all merchandise is as red-blooded as Charlton Heston. Some of the ways to give seem downright un-Republican...
...banter among Miller and colleagues Al Michaels and Dan Fouts was congenial, not to mention interactive. With Fouts, Miller was downright deferential, prefacing a query about a thing called a "two-gap" defense with the apology, "You know, Danny, I hate to do the Socratic method with you and ask you all these questions." After Miller deemed Canton the "Tigris and Euphrates of football history," Michaels elaborated, "This could be Three Rivers Stadium--the Tigris, the Euphrates and the Cuyahoga," sailing Miller's Mesopotamia one-liner to the New World. When Miller cooed he was having "so much fun!" Michaels...
...whose U.S. sales have ballooned to more than $14 billion a year. ConsumerLab, a small, independent laboratory in White Plains, N.Y., is trying to position itself as the Consumer Reports of the supplement industry. According to the report, some of the country's favorite natural health additives may be downright unhealthy...
Gadgets will never be the panacea that technopundits predict. Some of this stuff is handy; some is intrusive; but most of it is downright dispensable. It is merely more junk to market to the masses. DAVID BAILEY Kenmore, Wash...