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Another kind of SRI fund, however, is in the news. Last week Wal-Mart said it will suspend sales of several men's magazines, including Maxim, FHM and Stuff (see Essay). Officially, the retailing giant pulled the plug after "customers around the country" complained that the boobs-and-booze monthlies made them "uncomfortable." In fact, the move came after a grass-roots campaign orchestrated largely by a mutual-fund manager...
...even be willing to help undermine the regime. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld circulated a memo, leaked on the eve of talks, advocating that the U.S. team up with China to oust Kim through diplomatic pressure. "When push comes to shove, China may be willing to pull the plug," said Gordon Flake, a North Korea expert at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs in Washington...
...honest: one of the things that gives The Matrix and its spin-offs their appeal is that the characters look so damn stylish once they plug into the network. Keanu Reeves' fight scenes are the more compelling for his dramatically swirling coat, and with Carrie-Anne Moss's character Trinity looking as if she's been shrink-wrapped into her black cat suit, her punches have more pop. (If The Matrix is any guide, women in the future will need a weapons-grade workout regimen...
...just as some people sit at home in baggy tops or threadbare sweaters projecting a different version of themselves over the Internet or phone, so crew members of the Nebuchadnezzar transform themselves from grimy refugees to sleek sophisticates once they plug into the Matrix. What sci-fi nerd could ask for more than the instant urbanity afforded by outfits like those worn by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus...
...shut down. Napster's network relied on a central server, an Achilles' heel that made it easier to unplug and shut down. But Kazaa, now the most popular file-sharing software, is built around a floating, distributed network of individual PCs that has no center. There's no single plug to pull. Kazaa has savvily chosen a decentralized business strategy too: it's a mirage of complicated partnerships with the official owner, Sharman Networks, tucked away on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. So far, its diffuse structure has kept its management off U.S. soil and out of U.S. courtrooms...