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...complaisant Rules Committee chairman David Dreier as temporary majority leader was nixed by conservatives who dislike Dreier's moderate positions on stem-cell research and gay marriage. Instead the brain trust installed ambitious whip Roy Blunt, who will share some of the majority leader's duties with Dreier. The setup is so shaky that some House Republicans are pressing for the election of a new leadership team as early as January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Outage | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

Here’s the setup of the film: Nerdy Crimson Editor gets kicked out of school for a crime he didn’t commit, and goes to England. There, he joins a football street gang. Right off the bat, he just starts beating fools up. And from the look of the trailers, he seems to feel great about...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles and Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Sally Forth, Young Men | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...down no-name castoffs are strangers. And torturers, I tell you. They stop the swoon and win four in a row. They're in the thick of the wild-card chase. They're coming back! But I'm no fool. I've been here before. It's a setup. It's a tease. The idea is to raise my hopes again so they can ruin my September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Ain't Heavy, It's My Team | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...with moderate arterial blockage greatly reduces the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. So a growing number of cardiologists are using the new cardiac scans to determine which of their otherwise asymptomatic patients need more intense medical treatment with statins and other drugs. "It's the perfect setup," says Dr. Christopher Cannon, a cardiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "You don't want to wait until you've had a heart attack to manage your cholesterol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How New Heart-Scanning Technology Could Save Your Life | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

...your router (besides plugging it in directly) is via a powerline Ethernet bridge, like the Netgear XE102 ($60 each). You actually need two-one to connect to the Slingbox in your TV room, and another to pick up the signal in the room where your router is. The setup guide covers all of the bases, but when you get to the part about configuring Slingbox to be accessed from the wide-open Internet, pay close attention. The good news is that while most companies would just expect you to contact your "network administrator" for help, the folks at Sling Media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slingbox Internet TV Streamer | 8/3/2005 | See Source »

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