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They remember only too well the last round against Saddam - when Bush the Elder refused to go the last mile and topple Saddam in 1991. They remember America's isolationist reflexes in Bosnia and Kosovo - "Let's bomb 'em and get out." Allies loathe entrapment in indeterminate wars that leave them holding the bag. Listen to German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer make the point. Does the U.S. understand, he asks, that victory has to be followed by a "complete reordering of the Middle East, above all politically?" This might "require a U.S. presence that could last for decades...
...make a cheap bonus, improve morale and encourage employees to work longer. And since people remain clothed during a chair massage, the message such a gift sends can't be misconstrued. "It's a thank-you that says, 'I care about your well-being,'" says Elizabeth Schueneman, president of Em-space, a six-member graphic-design firm in Omaha, Neb., which a massage therapist visits once a month...
...bomber. "It's asking you to think about what you're doing when playing games," says Bodman. "It's warning us to remember what we're seeing." The link between games technology and other disciplines is also explored. A local architectural practice has used software from the shoot-'em-up Quake to let clients walk around virtual buildings and check out the view from the windows. An interface that creates ripples in an on-screen vertical water surface when you wave your hands could lead to a whole new way of controlling software without the need for a keyboard, mouse...
...cars and sex in cars; then Kurt Cobain came along and submerged those bands with emotional depth. But instead of being celebrated for his songwriting, Cobain was memorialized for his pain. Now metal is confessional. You sing about your scars, and you use your real name to give 'em a little veracity...
...ROLL 'EM UP Laptop computers are practical tools--especially for business travelers--but pecking at their shrunken keyboards can be a pain. Enter the Manhattan True-Touch Roll-Up keyboard ($35). This laptop accessory is the same size as a full-fledged desktop keyboard but is encased in New Age flexible plastic that can be rolled up like a newspaper. Now if they could only perfect those roll-up screens...