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PALM TUNGSTEN W Palm just axed 19% of its employees, but the cuts might not have been so drastic had the company been able to get products like this wireless wonder out the door a little sooner. Designed primarily for communicating--via the Web, e-mail and a built-in cell phone--this thin, trim handheld is a well-focused success. You won't find any multimedia extras, not even an MP3 player, but you will get an unheard-of 10 hours of talk time, a sturdy metal stylus and a crisp 320x320-pixel display. The AT&T service lets...
...That leaves many hospital administrations, already hemmed in by drastic budget cuts, struggling to find ways to prepare their staffs for the unthinkable: large-scale biological and chemical attacks. Speed and calm, both critical in a state of emergency, can be taught without special gear, but training in certain techniques and life-saving equipment, like $25,000 protective suits, doesn't come cheap. That means most of America's hospitals are ill-prepared to face a major disaster...
GERRY. Gerry, the minimalist buddy drama starring Matt Damon, reflects such a drastic shift in director Gus van Sant’s style and tone that many critics have been tempted to label the film “penitence” for van Sant’s unabashedly commercial recent efforts (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester). But penitence means internal reflection and self-punishment, not suffering imposed on others. Nevertheless, suffering is the primary experience for viewers of this interminable, plot-free bore. Damon and Casey Affleck star as friends, both nicknamed Gerry, lost and wandering somewhere in Death Valley...
...their illness or may not want to take antidepressants. There is clear evidence that they could help themselves with regular exercise, but to do that, they need decent facilities. The long-term plans to renovate the MAC won’t help today’s students. For them, drastic action is called for in the face of an insidious epidemic...
...more equitable, less embarrassing solution would be to consider the case of each first-year with an unsatisfactory record individually. This would ensure that drastic and disruptive measures are only taken in the most extreme cases of academic malaise. Since the number of affected students is so small, individual consideration would not place an undue burden on the Administrative Board. Individually considering the circumstances of those first-years teetering on the edge of failure, and letting them make their case for why they should be allowed to stay, would provide an equitable solution that takes a holistic rather than mechanistic...