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...American arrogance. Still, the Defense Secretary, 70, gets along well with George W., and why not? Whenever Rumsfeld plays verbal volleyball with Pentagon reporters, he steadfastly quotes the President. He has Bush's backing in the Secretary's uphill efforts to remake the Army, Navy and Air Force into lighter, faster, stealthier versions of themselves. The White House has been reluctant to curb his consolidation of power at the Pentagon, particularly his plan to tighten the military's grip on intelligence gathering. After his star turn as prime-time war boss last fall, Rumsfeld spent much of this year defending...
Only the $99 Air Bud sold by RadioShack was truly awful. It was also the only unit that uses 900-MHz wireless technology instead of Bluetooth. First, you need to charge it for three hours via the cigarette lighter in your car (and in many cars, with the motor running) or else buy a separate wall charger for $15. Worse, the headset was bulky and hurt my ear. But the clincher was the dismal sound. "It sounds like you're on an international call," my sister told me. Definitely not the effect I was going...
GEAR Reebok Travel Trainers are the sporting-goods company's contribution to lighter, security-conscious packing. The unisex shoes are made from the same stretchy mesh, leather and rubber materials as conventional sneakers. What sets them apart is that they roll up into neat, space-saving balls that can be tossed into any carryon or briefcase. The footwear does have drawbacks. The soles are too thin to jog on, so Reebok is touting its Travel Trainers as good for walking on the beach or treadmill and doing yoga. The brightly colored shoes, which retail for $75, have won fans...
...jazzed things up just a bit. Among his innovations are a twisted, short Genovese pasta with scallop coral as a first course (€10) and duck breast with mushrooms, marjoram and sweet apples for the second (€20). Both dishes are lighter than the typical local fare, and depend almost entirely on ingredients rarely used in Bolognese cuisine (fish, though plentiful in the not-too-distant Adriatic, is considered foreign food here). "We try to step outside the canon without falling into nouvelle," Giannone says. But even at the Pappagallo, tradition is observed: the tortellini are served only...
...Meanwhile, lcd TVs, which use the same display technology found in laptop computers, are lighter and last at least twice as long as plasma screens. But picture quality generally falls short of both plasma and crt sets. lcd displays have a slow response rate, meaning they don't handle fast on-screen action well. When Bruce Willis dives from that burning building or Ronaldo launches a perfect strike into the upper left hand corner of the net, objects moving quickly across the screen are liable to leave ghostly "tracers" in their wake...