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...your house with a fine bottle of Pinot Grigio that you suddenly realize is--gasp!--room temperature. No problem. Just add ice and water to your Cooper Cooler ($80), plug it in, and in about six minutes the wine will be perfectly chilled. Now, to open the bottle, grab the battery-powered corkscrew from Select Brands ($25; a rechargeable version is available for $50), press a button, and with almost no effort on your part, the cork comes free. A productivity gain that everyone can applaud...
Putin’s latest power grab also throws Russia even farther off the path toward liberal democracy. Though the government threw up a shoddy facade of legality, every time the Kremlin goes after a political enemy for tax evasion, it chips away at the impartial rule of law. If the president wants to purge Russian industry of those who took advantage of privatization, he should go after all of the profiteers. But Putin would never do that—it would upset too many investors, foreign and domestic. Instead, he just waits until the oligarchs start to speak...
...animosity has triumphed over good governance?and could even jeopardize the fragile peace. President Chandrika Kumaratunga's moves last week to sack three senior ministers, suspend Parliament and impose a state of emergency?all while her Prime Minister was overseas?represented, even her party members admit, a naked power grab rather than an attempt to protect "national security" as she claimed. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's return to Colombo three days later and his triumphant procession to the cheers of tens of thousands were, his supporters agree, premature victory celebrations. To the north, the decision by the Liberation Tigers...
...Crimson trailed 25-18 midway through the first half before launching a 10-2 run to grab the lead. St. Francis quickly recovered to build a 34-30 lead with 37 seconds left in the half, but a three-pointer by freshman guard Jim Goffredo and a layup by sophomore forward Luke McCrone gave Harvard the lead at the break...
...humanity. Sudden Crisis SRI LANKA President Chandrika Kumaratunga sparked a political crisis by abruptly sacking three ministers, suspending Parliament and imposing a state of emergency - which she lifted two days later - while Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on a trip to Washington, D.C. Kumaratunga denied she was trying to grab power for its own sake, accusing Wickremesinghe of endangering national security through "willful neglect" of the military and granting too many concessions to Tamil Tiger rebels in peace negotiations...