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...down that super-size bowl of bran flakes. According to an article published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, it looks as if our national obsession with all things fiber may not be yielding the results we'd hoped for, particularly in the realm of colorectal cancer. The Journal report describes two multiyear studies in which half the 3,000 subjects suffered through an eternity of low-fat, high-fiber diets, while the other half went happily on their way eating their usual (read: low-fiber) foods. In a development that more than one researcher calls "shocking," members...
...Bush's policy competence, claiming that Bush's "risky tax scheme" would reduce the federal budget to the point that any combination of his proposed initiatives would be impossible to fund. Bush's credibility attacks against Gore, meanwhile, focus on character, suggesting that Gore doesn't have the moral fiber to see his centrist agenda through. Bush likes to focus on the veep's campaign finance record, particularly the Buddhist temple fund-raiser, as a way of putting Gore's overall credibility in doubt. The race seems to have shifted from which candidate we can believe to which...
...from other directors. I just completed a film with the venerable John Malkovitch, and I worked with good actors in Pitch Black. Each movie is a different experience. When I worked on Saving Private Ryan, I talked with Steven Spielberg about 35 mm lenses. This movie, I learned about fiber optics, lots of technical things. Pitch Black was an amazing experience for me, especially to be exposed to a non-character driven plot. If I were ever to direct a sci-fi film, Pitch Black was the perfect training ground...
That's the vision of many telecommunications firms, which recognize that in an age of satellites and fiber optics, it is almost as easy to serve customers in Bhutan as in Manhattan. AT&T, for instance, has formed a joint venture with BritishTelecom, called Concert, that is designed to help build a one-stop global phone network for businesses. This is possible because national phone companies, which were once tightly controlled by governments, are suddenly open to international competition just about everywhere in the world. In coming decades, AT&T, Vodafone and others expect to be competing for customers...
...company "a jewel" for Vodafone. The sparkle comes from the fact that both firms have a special focus on wireless, mobile communications. Wireless is a key part of the new international telecoms order because wireless systems are far easier to build and maintain than in-the-ground copper or fiber-optic networks. And in an age of globalization, Vodafone--which also owns AirTouch--could offer to let its users roam freely from nation to nation without having to pay the exorbitant special charges that they face today. Observes Frank Wellendorf, a telecommunications analyst with Westdeutsche Landesbank: "Clearly, Vodafone...