Word: palming
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...cries of frustration from men tired of cramming their pants pockets with gear--keys, Palm pilots, cell phones, iPods--have been heard by the world of fashion. "Manbags," handbags for men by designers like Montblanc, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Marc Jacobs, are being embraced by some men as not only fashionable but practical. "Stuffing pockets ruins the lines of your pants and jackets," says celebrity stylist and TV host Robert Verdi, who uses manbags. In the recent past, manbags have met with ridicule: Jerry was teased in an episode of Seinfeld for carrying one. The latest resurgence is being greeted...
Meanwhile, Fossil wants to make sure you never leave home without your Palm Pilot. The watchmaker has shrunk a 2-MB Palm to wristwatch size. It costs $199 with a plastic wristband and $299 with a flashy metallic...
...Underground. Investigators suggest new attacks may be planned. Last year, "shoe bomber" Richard Reid tried to blow up a Paris-Miami flight. French police last week detained several Pakistanis suspected of having met Reid and given him a place to sleep. However, officials tell Time that none of their palm prints match those found on the plastic explosives packed into Reid's shoe - meaning that those operatives are still at large this holiday season. - By Bruce Crumley/Paris. With reporting by Helen Gibson/London ISRAEL Staying Power Benjamin Netanyahu's dream of an easy return to Israel's Prime Minister's mansion...
...years have come to similar conclusions, but none has been so large and so complete as the Danish study. Indeed, the accumulated evidence is strong enough to convince even onetime proponents of the MMR-autism link, like Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, director of the International Child Development Resource Center in Palm Bay, Fla. "MMR does not appear to cause autism," Bradstreet concedes. "If it did, it would be a godsend because we could change the vaccine and that would be it." Still, he suspects that the MMR vaccine might worsen a pre-existing autistic condition...
...PALM READER...