Word: palmes
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...devices that print baggage-claim tags for domestic flights. A few carriers allow passengers to do the check-in ritual at home from a PC. British Airways customers in the U.K. can now pick their seat via a wap phone. And around the world, immigration departments are experimenting with palm recognition scanners to hasten the ordeal for frequent travelers...
...boulevards are wide, and lined with palm trees and shrubs. But they overlook a big, ugly sandy patch dominated by a concrete structure overlooking the "Square of Martyrs." It had been intended as a fountain cascading the waters of Ghaddafi's unfinished "Great Man-Made River Project"; instead it serves as a dusty soccer pitch for young boys who play late into the night...
...pattern in the ageless canopy of stars, we have hungered to know the secrets of time yet to come. Throughout history seers have claimed to divine the future by the alignments of heavenly bodies, by the casting of bones, by the whorls and lines and patterns of the human palm, by dregs of leaves in the bottom of a teacup, by shadows in a crystal ball and movements on a Ouija board...
...Half needs to emulate eBay further by selling more high-priced items. Kopelman's plan is to move into consumer electronics. That could be a hard sell, however, because consumers who buy used books over the Internet may not be as willing to take a chance on a used Palm Pilot...
...incoming call alert, make the Treo easy to lust after. The reason not to: its battery life can't match standard mobile phones. With heavy usage, daily charging is needed. And the Treo costs about $500, a lot for a handset. Kyocera, Sony and Samsung all have Palm-based phone/organizer combos on or about to hit the market. Here's hoping competition drives down the price. I'd love to free up some pocket space...