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Only an idiot would spend $1,500 for a purse. I fail to see the appeal of these products. They are not attractive, practical or economical. The only selling point is that expensive designer bags are covered with the maker's logo. But that just serves to declare to the world that the owner has no self-confidence and no sense of aesthetics or economics. DEBBIE FIELDS Las Vegas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 23, 2004 | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...Worse Nortel Networks, the Canadian telecom equipment maker, announced plans to shed around 3,500 jobs - 10% of its workforce - by year's end. The firm earlier said police had begun a criminal investigation into its accounting practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...Officers were dispatched to Sever Hall on a report of an individual exposing himself in the bathroom. Upon arrival, officers arrested Malcolm S. Maker, 46, of Boston for open and gross lewdness and trespassing...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 8/20/2004 | See Source »

Boosting IGF-1 levels is only half the story. Sweeney is also trying to tip the balance by shutting down myostatin, a compound that inhibits IGF-1 activity in the muscle. The pharmaceutical maker Wyeth Ayerst is testing a myostatin blocker in early trials of healthy humans, and hopes that it may become a new treatment option for those with muscular dystrophy or for the elderly who have become frail from the normal muscle wasting that occurs with aging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Doctors Help The Dopers | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...performs all sorts of spins and slides. There are also Disney-themed programs for mixing your own music, creating digital videos and drawing pictures. Kids can use Microsoft Works for homework and can safely surf the Net, thanks to the ContentProtect Internet filtering program. Built by the European PC maker Medion, the $599 PC (plus $299 for the 14.1-in. monitor) features a 2.66 GHz Intel Celeron processor, a 40-GB hard drive, 256 MB of memory and a CD burner. And there's an array of matching accessories, including a 1.3-megapixel digital camera ($79) and a game controller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: In A New PC, Mickey Meets The Mouse | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

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