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...come down on the authorities like a ton of bricks." She will need that toughness now. She's noncommittal when asked what policies she will pursue and insists that she will be a mere caretaker President, with her focus still on parliament. Her opponents dismiss her as a political lightweight - Kostunica has said that having Micic as President would be "a joke." "Not a very appropriate thing to say," she comments with a wry smile. "But I'm not a vindictive person...
...chance to test the industry's hypothesis using the TravelNote C100, the new tablet PC from Acer. Reasonably lightweight (about 2 kg), with a 20-GB hard drive and an 800-MHz Pentium III processor, the TravelNote looks and performs like a normal laptop computer. The screen, however, swivels around and folds back over the keyboard, creating a writing slate. A stylus serves as both a pen for note taking, and as a mouse for operating programs. Using the machine's built-in Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) link, for example, you can write a URL into the Internet Explorer browser...
...that this war remains immediate to many Americans, and that they still view this President as a reliable guardian of the country's resolve. "Democrats have to come to terms with just how popular the President is," says a senior Democratic aide. "They continue to view him as a lightweight and not up to the job. But that's not where the Americans are." Democrats may still be able to bring Bush down two years from now, but they can't afford to wait for him to fall. --Reported by Perry Bacon Jr., Matthew Cooper, John F. Dickerson, Viveca Novak...
...another unrelated incident Sunday, a lightweight eight-person shell from George Washington University collided with a Brown University heavyweight women’s eight boat during warm-ups prior to racing in the regatta...
...Lightweight Fours, the Black and White started sixth, but once again trailed by nearly 30 seconds at the end of the first leg. The team spent much of its time moving up and down between sixth and eighth place before finally settling into eighth, nearly 90 seconds off the lead...