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...north of Monrovia that was recently taken from the N.P.F.L., Johnson posed for his own video cameraman and shouted to his troops, "Where is Taylor?" "Nowhere," the soldiers shouted back. After returning to his headquarters, Johnson, accompanied by a background quartet of two guitars, a Casio keyboard and a hand-held African drum, strummed religious songs on his own guitar. Dozens of soldiers joined in, dancing and singing, "Oh, I love Jesus, because he loved me first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia In the Land of Blood and Tears | 3/29/2006 | See Source »

...PDAs Finally, computers that are truly personal. Called PDAS (personal digital assistants), these wireless, hand-held PCs function as everything from a checkbook organizer to a fax machine. In many cases, the pen-based devices can even make and take cellular telephone calls. ! 8 Bose Audio System Listeners got an earful from Bose as it unveiled the sleek Lifestyle 5 Music System. At $1,499, it includes a compact-disc player, a remote control that works around corners or through walls, and compact, cube-shaped speakers that deliver crisp, distortion-free sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST PRODUCTS OF 1993 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...easy to get lost while running--and singing--through the forest. The eTrex Legend C global-positioning device ($349; garmin.com will help you keep your bearings. The hand-held, color-screen eTrex can carry detailed maps of any area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fitness: Fun In The Sun | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...They're dominant, for example, in mass-market LCD panels used in smaller, cheaper TVs and in laptops. Rather than engage them in a murderous price war, Sharp concentrates almost exclusively on ever-larger TVs or on small, high-quality panels found in cell phones, car navigation systems, and hand-held game players like Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS. This strategy has enabled Sharp to withstand the margin pressure that's ravaging its rivals. Sharp's small-panel market, says Lehman Bros. analyst Yuki Sugi, is particularly lucrative, as its clients tend to place long-term orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sharper Focus | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...camera - like using music to set a mood or relying on clever editing to boost a weak scene - they drafted The Vow of Chastity, a manifesto with 10 rules to strip cinema down to its barest essentials. The imperatives included that films should be shot in color, with hand-held cameras, on location with no additional props, no soundtrack and no extra lighting. They should be set in the present - no genre films allowed - and the director should not be credited. In March 1995, when Von Trier was invited to Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Dogme, New Tricks | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

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