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...Question: Have you seen 'Lord of the Rings'? And do you think it lives up to all the hype? Will it be another 'Star Wars' phenomenon...
...case that first focused national attention on the "road rage" phenomenon, Brinkema sentenced Narkey Keval Terry to a whopping 10 years, more than 3 times the recommended sentence, for his role in a 1996 highway showdown on the George Washington Memorial Parkway that killed three drivers. That sentence, for involuntary manslaughter, was also overturned, but the appeals court left open the possibility that Brinkema could find other grounds for such a harsh term. Which...
Reaching back to early Marxism and forward to postmodernist literary theory (to say nothing of the practice of body piercing), Hardt and Negri finesse the argument by showing that both sides are right, yet both manage to miss the point. Globalization is a phenomenon with revolutionary, liberating potential--but in the process, it can crush the spirit of those for whom changes in social and economic structures are deeply disturbing. The trick is to find structures that preserve the economic gains of globalization without becoming just other forms of colonialism...
...motives," noted an editorial, warning against cross-border retaliation. "Islamabad as a member of the international coalition against terrorism will be duty bound to extend assistance if needed. New Delhi would do well to realise that terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 incident has become a universal phenomenon and Pakistan has supported all international efforts to strike at its roots. If India can de-link this attack from the genuine Kashmiri struggle, Pakistan will be more than happy to cooperate fully to eliminate such terrorist elements that struck in the heart of Indian democracy in the capital...
Segway should be a phenomenon when it hits the market sometime next year, for the simple reason that there are hordes of people like me who get really excited when they hear something is “gyroscope-powered.” Some of these people, unlike me, can afford to spend $3,000 on gyroscopes, and they will scoop Segways up faster than authentic Klingon food at a Star Trek convention. The real question for Kamen and his blue chip investors—and for the American pedestrian, who may never feel safe on sidewalks again?...