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...that earned the sophomore speedster additional touches, and Dawson’s marked improvement upon his pass reception skills during the off-season make him yet another target for Fitzpatrick. If Dawson has difficulty making his presence felt on the ground, screen plays and passes to him in the flat will send the Crusaders back to square...
That dream extends far beyond fashion. Technology is increasingly one of the places where luxury spenders splurge, from mobile phones to giant flat-screen televisions. Mobile-phone makers are introducing luxury models, such as the $19,450 platinum Vertu, in order to increase sales. And in Japan, because of the change to digital signals there, sales of big-screen LCD TVs have jumped 62%, prompting companies like Sharp to release the $9,000 45-in. LCD Aquos...
...Computers have come a long way from the dull beige box. The new Disney Dream Desk PC for kids is bright blue with yellow accents; the speakers are Mickey Mouse ears perched atop a flat-screen monitor. The coolest application is a game called Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding, in which Goofy skateboards underwater and performs all sorts of spins and slides. There are also Disney-themed programs for mixing your own music, creating digital videos and drawing pictures. Kids can use Microsoft Works for homework and can safely surf the Net, thanks to the ContentProtect Internet filtering program. Built...
...about bipartisanship and economists obscures the fact that the Bush team knows exactly the direction it’s heading. For several weeks now there have been quiet (and not so quiet) rumblings from the Bush-Cheney politburo about that perennial conservative darling—the “flat tax.” And this talk about corporate loopholes? Not unless Corporate America’s getting something in return—and no doubt they would...
...Bush-Cheney campaign wouldn’t actually stoop so high as to take a position! That would leave them open to criticism—for instance, like the (accurate) claim that a flat tax is basically yet another ginormous tax cut for the wealthy. No, it’s far better to talk generally about cleaning up a headache-inducing system—about ending corporate loopholes—than to endorse any specific plan. This has Karl Rove’s fingerprints all over it. As long as Bush paints this plank in broad-brush strokes, he?...