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Gore supporters who will watch the election results tabulated on a big screen television and be entertained by comedians, choirs...
...used in many digital cameras today. After taking a few pictures, you remove the card and insert it into a slot on the right-hand side of the polished wood frame. In a few seconds, your pictures are displayed in full color on the 4-in. by 5-in. screen. The frame holds up to 40 images and cycles through them slide-show style. A built-in modem lets you send shots over the Net to a friend's e-mail In box or to her frame...
...frame to select which images to send--Antje noticed that you could transmit only about 10 images at a time, and even that tied up the phone line for as long as 20 minutes. I was disappointed that my digital pictures didn't fill the screen completely--a thin black bar appeared at the top and bottom--but Antje said she didn't mind...
...SCREENING FOR THE SQUEAMISH Can't stomach the idea of colonoscopy? If early reports pan out, there may be a far less intimidating--and still reliable--way to screen for colon cancer. Doctors have developed a simple stool test that analyzes DNA shed from inside the colon. The test has so far accurately detected 91% of tumors and 73% of tiny precancerous polyps. It may be two years or more before the test becomes available, however, so your best bet for now is still the 6-ft. probe...
...figure. The transition from screen to stage has buried most of the movie's charms. The setting has been switched from Sheffield, England, to Buffalo, N.Y., and the steel-girder sets are drably unmemorable. Instead of the film's catchy '70s hits (Hot Chocolate's You Sexy Thing), we have a new score by David Yazbek, whose lyrics ("cojones" rhymed with "what testosterone is") are marginally better than his generic, '70s-pop-with-a-hint-of-Sondheim music. Even the supposed showstoppers--a black man (Andre DeShields) sings of his endowments; a crusty pianist (Kathleen Freeman) celebrates her show...