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Will these innovations make us safer? Don't forget that Maginot Line. And with terrorists, it's a never-ending contest. We close the old gaps; they probe for new ones. They thrust; we parry. In some ways, we've only just entered the fight. If nothing else, we'll soon be better armed. --Reported by Laura Locke/San Francisco, Eric Roston/Washington and Jyoti Thottam/New York
...tenor Russell "The Voice" Watson and teen soprano Charlotte Church, now place their bets on musicians with broad commercial potential - the chance to earn big numbers swiftly. So they throw seven-figure contracts and vast marketing budgets at those who can best ape the pop stars. What they forget, of course, is that serious, carefully nurtured and developed classical stars may not yield immediate pop-size receipts, but can have an international shelf life of decades. Richard Lyttleton, president of classics and jazz for EMI International, points to the example of superstar conductor Simon Rattle: "For 15 years we carried...
...Forget Murakami bags and motorcycle boots. Today no fashion look can be called complete without a cell phone. Yet nobody has given much thought to upgrading the design of these ubiquitous tech toys. TIME dialed up two renowned designers and asked for help. Art director Fabien Baron sketched what he calls a nomadic instant-communication panel, left, which provides voice communication, interactive chatting, Internet access and movies, TV and games while in transit. "It's a connector, a medium and a refuge," says Baron. "The ultimate stimulus for our nomadic generation." Taking the notion of cell phone as appendage, architect...
...libidinous elements of its teen offerings, PacSun sells clothes that would pass muster at any high school with a dress code. Weaver says he avoids resorting to sexual advertising messages to move merchandise. "Many teenagers love it," he says, "but why would I alienate the parents? I can't forget my customer is 15 and doesn't have a credit card...
...cultural oxymoron scale, the idea of a "Singaporean punk" weighs in somewhere between "Chinese democrat" and "Texan pacifist." Singapore is supposedly the air-conditioned Eden, as neat and ordered as the corner of a well-made bed. Forget teen angst and despair. Who despairs in heaven...