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...player market, today's gadgets are smaller and lighter than their predecessors of just six months ago. The latest high-capacity units, like Archos' 20-gigabyte Jukebox Recorder, hold 4,000 tunes. The challenge for gearmakers like SONICblue, whose RioRiot is the nation's top-selling player, is to fend off Sony, Panasonic and Samsung. As these giants muscle in and as component costs fall, price wars will pressure smaller firms. "It remains to be seen if a SONICblue can sustain its brand," says analyst Susan Kevorkian of tech-research firm...
There were more disappointing suprises at the novice level. Ranked second to Yale in the final poll of the year, the Radcliffe first novice eight beat the fourth-place Elis in the final, but could not fend off the Princeton and Brown boats, which finished first and second respectively. Radcliffe walked away from the final race of the season with a bittersweet bronze...
...before Harvard could celebrate, the Crimson had to fend off a last-ditch rally from the Blue Jays. Harvard came through in the last minute and a half by winning the draw and running out the clock...
...trip was the Secretary of State's own show. That didn't do much to help Powell press Sharon to end his offensive, which the Secretary of State insists is the crucial component of any cease-fire. But while shifting the onus onto Powell may help President Bush fend off domestic political pressure from a strong, bipartisan consensus in favor of the Israeli offensive, the international political bill for his failure - and any further deterioration of the situation - will be sent not to Foggy Bottom, but to the White House...
...Ohno said that when he pumped his fist upon crossing the finish line he wasn't sure, but thought he might be in with a chance for the gold. To sports fans in the stands, who had seen the beleaguered leader trying to fend off the charging Ohno, the feeling was quite like that moment in the Oakland-New England game when Brady did or didn't fumble. One way or another, this aint over. It wasnt, then it was - and the decision was the right...