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...France Telecom?owned mobile carrier, says only that Orange "will be making decisions over a period of time over what technologies will complement" conventional cellular. Vodafone, meanwhile, announced last month that it was dismantling its New Business and Innovation unit, which it had formed just six months ago to map its technology strategy...
...Measure of a Nation Your story "America by the Numbers" [Nov. 6] was an interesting and thought-provoking way to commemorate the U.S. population's reaching 300 million. But I was struck by the comparison of the map illustrating the Electoral College votes in the 2004 presidential election and the "purple" map showing how people actually voted by county. When I look at those maps, there's little wonder why voter turnout in U.S. elections is embarrassingly low. Why bother to vote when a simple majority is all that is needed for an entire state's Electoral College votes...
...ignorant Westerners who overrate their own cultures. Dominik Mauer Augsburg, Germany The Measure of a Nation Your story "America by the numbers" [Nov. 6] was an interesting and thought-provoking way to commemorate the U.S. population's reaching 300 million. But I was struck by the comparison of the map illustrating the Electoral College votes in the 2004 presidential election and the "purple" map showing how people actually voted by county. When I look at those maps, there's little wonder why voter turnout in U.S. elections is embarrassingly low. Why bother to vote when a simple majority...
...about the West’s encounters with Islam. But it does so in an oblique way. We can laugh at Borat’s ridiculous anti-Semitism, without having to think about Ahmadinejad’s ominous statement that Israel should be “wiped off the map...
...pair have co-written “Guffman,” “Show,” “A Mighty Wind,” and this latest outing, and Guest has directed all four. Before production begins, Guest and Levy say they map out the film.Though no traditional script exists, the duo spends around four months preparing an extensively thorough outline—25 pages’ worth of character background, scene-by-scene breakdowns, and original songs.After that, the actors perform the story, and only then does the real spontaneity start.“We give...