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...month, is to say it looks like an iPod on growth hormones. It's what you'd get if you stretched the pocket-size music player until it was 17 in. wide and 2 in. deep, squished a supercomputer into the casing and mounted the whole thing on a metal stand. The resemblance is not coincidental. More people buy iPods than iMacs these days, and Apple admits that this third-generation iMac is its best shot at luring millions of iPod owners further into Mac world - and inching up its current 3% share of the Windows-dominated market. Will...
Rees caught the tempo and spirit of today's more upbeat Jerusalem, but I was disturbed by his comments on the Ethiopian Jews who work as restaurant security guards and search customers' bags and swipe patrons with metal detectors. Rees noted that most of the guards are "drawn from the underprivileged Ethiopian community [because] few others are willing to take a low-paying job that could lead to a terrible death." This is an injustice to the Ethiopian-Jewish community...
...storm went on to hit China 's southeastern coast - from where officials had evacuated 1 million people - causing heavy damage but just two fatalities. Mean Streets BRAZIL A series of coordinated attacks in S?o Paulo left six homeless people dead and nine others hospitalized. All 15 were beaten with metal piping as they slept on downtown pavements. Police believe the attacks were carried out by a member of a hate group seeking to rid the streets of unwanted elements. The assaults evoked dark memories of a similar case in Rio de Janeiro in 1993 in which off-duty policemen shot...
...Iraq. Bukola A. Jejeloye Lagos, Nigeria Jerusalem's Security Guards "Daring to Live Again" caught the tempo and spirit of today's more upbeat Jerusalem [Aug. 2]. Correspondent Matt Rees commented on the Ethiopian Jews who work as restaurant security guards and search customers' bags and swipe patrons with metal detectors. Rees noted that most of the guards are "drawn from the underprivileged Ethiopian community [because] few others are willing to take a low-paying job that could lead to a terrible death." This is an injustice to the Ethiopian Jewish community. They are a very proud and modest group...
...wife Christine, 38, a telecommunications operations manager, says riding together is beyond sexy. "With no safety net of metal," she says, "you can only hang on to the person in front of you and put 110% of your trust in him for your life." For Cathy Long, 47, CFO of Spirit Finance Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., part of the thrill is "being the chick on the back of the bike." Moreover, she says, because the motorcycle is a "guy thing," she relinquishes her usual "control freak" style and lets her husband George, 51, who works in real estate leasing...