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...little display that shows when power transfers between the electric motor and the gasoline engine. A novel feature: a 110-volt socket up front--thanks to the supercharged nickel-metal-hydride battery pack tucked under the cargo area--into which, Ford rep Corey Holter says, I can plug "a laptop, a cell phone or a blender"--a cool feature for those margarita tailgate parties...
...declining market prices; derivatives, where an investor uses instruments derived from the price of an underlying financial asset; and arbitrage, where an investor tries to exploit price differentials between markets. Flat stock markets have meant dwindling returns for institutional investors, who have been forced to seek other ways to plug the shortfalls in their portfolios. In addition to Railpen pledging $1.1 billion to hedge funds, earlier this year British Telecommunications' pension fund said it planned to invest $895 million. Says Railpen's Gray: "We're trying to diversify. We're here to secure our pension promise...
...Besides "CSI: NY," the network's new dramas are "Clubhouse," a sentimental-looking coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old boy who lands a job as batboy for the pinstripe-wearing "New York Empires" (the Yankees, for some reason, didn't want the weekly plug); and "dr. vegas" - e.e. cummings-esque capitalization intended - starring Rob Lowe as a casino doctor who handles a bizarre stream of cases. The Las Vegas tourist board must love the premise ("Come to Vegas and get a colorful injury!"), though, then again, "CSI" didn't hurt them ("Come to Vegas...
Seinfeld, the person, has been even more perplexed and flattered by the outpouring of national grief that came with the Christmas announcement that his show would be pulling its plug even though it is currently the nation's top-rated sitcom, even though it is as popular and lucrative as ever, even though the audience has not yet tired of the self-absorbed lives of Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer ... Aided by the dearth of real news over the holidays, the nation's papers and airwaves filled themselves with pleas from mourning fans for Seinfeld to reconsider and speculation from...
...American forces over there, and they are getting killed every day. The U.S. did not send enough troops to Iraq to begin with, nor was there adequate planning for the period after the war. Bush thought we would be finished in a few months, that we would just plug in democracy and say, So long. What stupidity. PETER SEYMOUR Raytown...