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...military cargo planes have been off-loading tractors, cargo loaders and other gear as engineers patch runways and refurbish rusty lighting and communications deep inside the tiny republic of Kyrgyzstan, tucked amid the mountains in what used to be the Soviet Union's southeast corner. Two weeks ago, the first U.S. warplanes - six Marine F-18 fighter-bombers - moved in, relieving the strain on Navy pilots stretching 600 miles from carriers in the Arabian...
...novel; rather than set the tale in a generic Anytown, U.S.A., Montgomery places the action square in Baltimore. The reader will be delighted by small details like the Light Rail transit line and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Hunt Valley Mall (where one can actually buy paintball gear). Institutions and landmarks like the Baltimore Orioles and the Gunpowder River are not simply bandied about to lend an air of authenticity. Attention to such detail is crucial, as Montgomery uses his familiarity with fisherman’s lingo and military life to good advantage in his characterization...
...When the gear is packed, Raitt boards the bus. The band travels from venue to venue at night--usually all night. The onboard meal is Indian food; Raitt's desire for leftover tofu was not universal. She presses the spinach dish on everyone. "Try the saag." To unwind, the group plays Name the Worst Band Ever. (Their nominations are strictly off the record.) One by one, Raitt, the other four musicians and two managers slink off to sleep in their separate bunks, each with a curtain for privacy. Raitt loves the routine. "It's like being at camp...
That is changing, but slowly. The economic slump has left consumers reluctant to invest $2,000 or more in new TV gear. Broadcasters, especially network affiliates, and cable systems have resisted HDTV, citing the costs of new equipment and lack of programming. At last month's meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas, the anti-HDTV forces worried aloud about piracy of satellite-transmitted high-def movies and even questioned whether the technology would ever work. Cuban, whose technology works just fine, retorts that movie studios are running around like Chicken Little and should be more worried...
...Stat's principal analyst for digital TV. The savings of all-digital production will win out, especially because such influential directors as George Lucas have vowed to dump film. "By September 2003, most TV programs will be produced in HDTV, so sales of set-top boxes should kick into gear. By 2008, more than half of new sets sold will be high def," says Kaufhold...