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...stagnation in Israeli peace efforts ? the foreign minister had made no effort to conceal his frustration at Netanyahu?s disregard for Israel?s commitments in the peace process. Beyer says a bitter personal rivalry between the two men also prompted Levy to choose a critical moment to pull the plug on Netanyahu?s government...
Your report on the increased numbers of TV programs for preschoolers [TELEVISION, Nov. 24] needed more balance. Concerned parents should read Jane Healy's Endangered Minds and Marie Winn's The Plug-In Drug before plopping their kids down in front of a TV set for hours a day. Evidence and research point to the need for severely restricting (if not eliminating) TV viewing for preschoolers. It is not what we watch; it is that we watch. JEFFREY R. DAVIS Durham...
Looking for a productive gift for someone who owns one of the popular Hewlett-Packard personal laser printers? H-P's ingenious LaserJet Companion for LaserJet 4L, 5L, or 6L printers. The Companion contains a fax-modem device and black-and-white scanner. Plug it in between your computer and printer, instantly adding basic fax, photocopy and document imaging, capabilities to your system. The Companion costs about $220 via mail-order...
...multifunction printers (starting at $500) that combine the features of a scanner, a copier and a fax machine. "People never took delight in having 20 different cables going around the desk," says Envisioneering's Richard Doherty. "Now you have all-in-one peripherals and one or two cables to plug in, and you're finished." Tempting. But you'd better have a backup plan if, say, the scanner conks out, since the whole machine takes a trip to the repair shop...
...personal computers with Intel, Net-surfing hardware for Microsoft's WebTV and cell phones and pagers with San-Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. Sony factories are churning out a wave of digital-based products, from high-resolution videodiscs and video-game machines to passport-size video and still cameras that plug into...