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Bush's handling of the spy-plane incident gets a grudging pass from most Blues, who would prefer more assertive actions but applaud the contrast to the previous Administration. "By this point Bill Clinton would have apologized three times to the world," says the Blue Team's Richard Fisher, a China expert at the Jamestown Foundation. While the Blues are encouraged by the new rightward tilt in Washington, they know the pro-engagement policymakers still hold sway. Timperlake vows that "history will put us in the mainstream." China makes the same prediction...
...more stereotypical geek with Coke-bottle spectacles and a microchip key-chain dangling from his belt, doesn't dabble in credit cards and says he has "knocked some sense" into his pal. (Tapping into other people's Internet accounts, however, is still considered fair game.) Both men would prefer to go legit and offer their services as security advisers to local ISPs. They're not getting far. "They just ignore us," says Hiiro. When their user databases get hacked and they find a few thousand missing credit card numbers, these websites and isps may regret that decision...
...Lennon might assure Biegbeder, he's not the only one. A Time poll of 1,225 people between the ages of 21 and 35 in Germany, France, Italy and Britain found that a majority of young adults still identify themselves with their native countries. But close to one-third prefer to call themselves European; in Italy, the number is over 40%. And there are countless others who have tried on so many identities that they simply won't - or can't - choose among them...
...larger sense, globalization - is widely felt. Young adults in all four countries surveyed by Time said they believed that by 2010 the balance of political power in Europe will tilt toward the European Parliament and away from national governments - to an extent greater than they would prefer...
...right now is that it's fun. That's no surprise, since the company's CEO is Lucie Salhany, founder of UPN and former head of Fox Broadcasting. As its new capabilities kick in, Facemail could become a lot more popular. After all, what grandparent wouldn't prefer e-mail with the voice and image of a grandchild instead of coldly impersonal text...