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...Only 29% of women are literate, compared with 50% of men. "If we could get some admission that women aren't slaves or possessions of men, then eventually they would be free to play a full role in society," says activist Uprety. "Right now they're little better than pack animals...
...been paid to improvements in miniaturization. But smaller is not necessarily better. The tinier the aid, the more difficult it is to manipulate the controls and change the batteries. In addition, smaller aids--which fit in the ear, in the canal, or completely in the canal--simply can't pack the power of larger, behind-the-ear or body-aid models...
...Year's Eve, crews were permitted to set up a small, nonsectarian tree, which did little to improve the Das Boot ambience. To lift their mood further, they would break out the ship's vacuum cleaner and take turns riding it around the tree--the poor man's jet pack...
...with DirecTV, which means you have to commit to satellite to use it (score one for TiVo, which works with cable too). Ultimate TV combines receiver and recorder in one box--which should, in theory, be better. But for some reason (possibly all the extra circuitry Microsoft had to pack into it) my Ultimate TV buzzed and hummed like a mini-fridge, even when powered down. I had to unplug it to get any sleep. So much for all those shows I wanted to record overnight...
...past five years, all major cruise lines have striven to make themselves meet-worthy. Leading the pack is Royal Caribbean, which in 1995 introduced Legend of the Seas, its first meeting-intensive ship. Since then, 12 of its fleet of 13 ships have been outfitted for work as well as play. RC's Voyager of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas are 142,000-ton whales that feature a 425-seat conference room, an ice-skating rink that doubles as a trade-show arena, an Internet cafe and a theater with a capacity of 1,362. Other players like...