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...Years ago, consumers were warned that small cars were unsafe. I got a bigger car. Now I'm supposed to give up the safety of my SUV for the better mileage of a lighter car? No way. Douglas Lent Citrus Heights...
...disc could have easily been a lighter and more pleasant affair had the band not taken such a deeply self-serious attitude. Somewhere in between listing their songs alphabetically rather than in track order on the front cover and recording with the Slovak Radio Orchestra, they forgot to endow their music with any sign of levity or vivacity. The end result is a 53-minute lull, as sleep-inducing and unpalatable as warm milk...
...must-have accessory du jour for business travelers is not a lighter laptop, a smaller carry-on or even a pair of drown-out-your-seatmate headphones. It's a crayon-length object called a jump drive, a portable hard drive that can be plugged into any computer's usb port, making it easier for workers to transport large files normally carried by laptop. Although the gadgets aren't new, they have gained a following among business travelers, who sometimes wear them around their neck on a chain or string...
...clean, dry and position the feathers for slicing. Finally, a giant contraption with three vacuumized tubes separates the quills from tiny bits of now pristine feather fluff. Here's where it gets interesting: this airy fiber, it turns out, is remarkably strong. It's as sturdy as nylon, 60% lighter than fiberglass and can be used to make everything from auto parts and medical devices to dollar bills and termite-proof building materials. A few weeks ago, a leading tiremaker joined a gaggle of FORTUNE 500 companies that have expressed interest in using the material after Emery, 62, scales...
...horrors in Darfur are just what Lemkin had in mind. Sudan's government and its Janjaweed militias are systematically expelling Darfur's non-Arab population, murdering tens of thousands and permitting widespread gang rape--to make what they say will be lighter-skinned babies and ensure that the non-Arab tribes will be too degraded to return to their homes...