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...would be interesting to know what Bush plans to say about Chechnya at the summit. A reasonable guess would be: not much. Washington has pressing business to conduct with Putin, ranging from the latest round of NATO expansion to the conclusion of some sort of agreement on missile testing and the reduction of nuclear arsenals. Since Putin suffers perpetual criticism from the Russian security establishment for allowing the U.S. to do whatever it wants, Washington is unlikely to undercut him by making much of a fuss about atrocities in Chechnya...
Drawbacks? For arcane technical reasons, you can't call 911. Also, I found that "Guess what? I'm calling from the Internet!" isn't the dazzling conversation opener I thought it would be. Otherwise, I'm sold. In the year to come, most cable, broadband and phone companies will start adding Internet telephone service to their standard packages, and when they do, it's going to get even cheaper. The future is calling, and it's not collect...
...writer with a scalpel pen and an X-ray eye, and in this memoir he applies them to the world of the stressed-out, sleep-deprived, terrifyingly fallible trainee surgeon, where life-or-death decisions are made on the basis of five cups of coffee and an educated guess. A surgical resident himself, Gawande turns every case--from gunshot wounds to morbid obesity to flesh-eating bacteria--into a thriller in miniature, with the author in the role of the oft-stymied but always sympathetic sleuth. Diagnosis: riveting...
...guess I’m disappointed that it seems like there’s not all that much likelihood that it could be done any time soon,” Johnson said. “But it was an issue that hadn’t made any progress in a long time...
From what can be glimpsed of the costume design, some interesting choices in anachronistic and semi-nude dress have been made. The reason for the choices is never made apparent by the production. The guess is that they were supposed to look cool but, again because of the lighting, it’s hard to tell...