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...Coens’ apparent thematic piece de resistance centers around Ed’s not entirely willing separation from humanity. The film’s title is a gateway, but everything from Ed’s companionship-without-communication marriage to his job—mirrors notwithstanding, a customer doesn’t see a barber at work—means to firm up the point. The Coens make some uncharacteristically naked stabs at developing this idea—a young pianist remarks to Ed that she doesn’t mind errors at a recital if they go unobserved...
...extending the original. "I feel just as good throwing a steer now as I did when I was 25, and believe me, the cattle are not any easier," says Dan Stringari, 54, a steer wrestler from Gallatin Gateway, Mont., who sports the unofficial rodeo uniform--denim shirt, Wranglers and boots. Some participants say the weekly activity keeps them fit. "It's either this or sit at home and die of old age, so I'm not quitting until I'm 6 ft. under," says barrel racer Linda Short, 52, from Dayton...
...Afghanistan, forces grouped under a loose anti-Taliban coalition, the Northern Alliance, took advantage of developments to make gains on the ground, and fierce fighting was reported near the gateway northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Even before reports emerged that U.S. and British special forces were deployed inside the country, Western diplomats met with Afghanistan's former King Zahir Shah and other opposition figures in apparent attempts to help build a successor government...
Manufacturers hoping to boost a sagging PC market are racing to equip computers for wireless networking. "It's considered something of vast importance, given the economic slowdown," says International Data Corp. (IDC) analyst Jason Smolek. Compaq, Gateway and Dell are all selling computers with built-in wireless networking capabilities. IBM launched a top-line Wi-Fi equipped laptop named ThinkPad T23 in late July that offers enhanced security features. Apple, which virtually pioneered wireless home networking when it launched AirPort in 1999, is ahead of the pack. All its computers have been WLAN-ready since then...
...this haven just doesn?t feel as safe as it used to. And the defining characteristic of investors is to never look back, to flit unblinkingly to the safest haven around, no tears shed and no patriotism considered. And if New York City, dangling nakedly into the ocean, its gateway toppled, doesn?t seem the stronghold it once did, the investing hordes may just start to shop around for a new one, and adjust the balance of world economic power...