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...line to have a full-color LCD screen for previewing shots. And it doubles as a webcam, complete with microphone. Furthermore, it's one of the most kid-friendly cameras around: in addition to the big buttons and curved edges, it's covered with floor-resistant rubber and durable plastic. --By Wilson Rothman
...this time, and many victims' families are grateful to be left alone. The event felt enormous at the time, literally unimaginable. But our imaginations have become deeper, perhaps darker, colored by each new terrorism alert and stretched to allow for reasonable people to spend a week last winter buying plastic sheeting and gas masks. New York City turned a summer blackout into a carnival just because our worst fears were not realized: we briefly glimpsed a horror and then danced when we learned it was just an inconvenience...
...five-hour gun battle in Riyadh. One arrest suggested al-Qaeda may have penetrated Saudi security forces: the suspect was a police officer. Saudi forces have unearthed huge arms caches: 93 rocket-propelled grenades in one spot, 20 tons of homemade explosives in another, a ton of the plastic explosive RDX elsewhere...
Okay, time for the good news. Capitalism is a book of many chapters. It has been successful in the past because it is immensely plastic and robust. Capitalism lends itself to reinvention every century or so through realignment with the new demands of new populations. In this way, the unmet needs that mark today’s chasm of rage and frustration can become the next great source of wealth creation. They represent wholly unrealized economic value capable of fueling economic growth for decades to come...
...site of the construction is gated off and covered with a large amount of scaffolding, which is in turn covered with white plastic sheets. Part of the building’s interior is visible and it is full of scaffolding...