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...weapons of mass destruction are a mere pretext that Bush is using to start an uncalled-for war in the fragile Middle East, which has immense oil reserves [WORLD, Dec. 2]. Saddam is a pain in the neck for the Bush Administration. But after Saddam's exit, who will fill the vacuum and control the subsequent chaos? The Iraqi exile community is a joke. Let Saddam's own people decide his fate. Dictators do not last forever. Instead of wasting billions of dollars to wage a stupid personal war against Iraq, President Bush should use the money to boost...
...only one on this planet who thinks that Shania's music is bland and generic? I haven't been inclined to buy her CDs, and it pleases me to know that I have not helped fill her husband Lange's already fat wallet. A colleague of his says he wants to have the top-selling album of all time. That speaks volumes about his love of music: it's just business as usual. I feel sorry that Shania isn't having fun, and I suspect this is because she's not doing the kind of music she would love...
...industry to the next, enabling companies to know more about customers' needs and to zero in on the characteristics that distinguish the customers they want from those they do not. A credit-card company using a system designed by Teradata, a division of NCR, found that customers who fill out applications in pencil rather than pen are more likely to default. A major hotel chain discovered that guests who opted for X-rated flicks spent more money and were less likely to make demands on the hotel staff, according to privacy consultant Larry Ponemon. These low-maintenance customers were rewarded...
...photo is excruciating. In Feng Feng's Shin Brace, an exhibit at the First Guangzhou Triennial, a photograph of a human leg?scaled up to fill an entire wall?is shown wrapped in a wicked metal apparatus that seems part medical, part torture device. Steel barbs pierce traumatized skin in a scarring kiss. I look at the photo until I can't look anymore, which isn't long. Opposite Shin Brace is Feng Mengbo's Ah Q , an installation featuring two computers running the ultraviolent video game Quake III on a pair of wide screens. A young Chinese...
...Many of Japan's breweries have pubs nearby or on the premises, so patrons can sip their jibiiru fresh from the brewer. At the T. Y. Harbor Brewery Restaurant and Bar in Tokyo, (81-3) 5479 4555, gleaming aluminum tanks of premium beer fill the cavernous interior. Manager Masato Tajima recommends the original Tennoz pale ale, which goes well with the restaurant's Californian cuisine...