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...technologically and financially. The elderly can extend their sex lives beyond what God and their grandchildren imagined. Kids take expensive prep courses to ace tests that are supposed to measure inborn aptitude. Short but healthy children are given human growth hormone for their self-esteem. Adults take Ritalin to sharpen their senses. Pop singers have their vocals, ahem, "sweetened" with additional recorded tracks. Yet no one is threatening legislation against Ashlee Simpson...
...Garrison and Jack (Robin) Hood schemed to save drill bits costing as much as $200 each that were routinely being tossed after a few uses. Garrison took the motor from his son's science project and slapped on a vacuum-cleaner belt to create "Thumpin' Ralph"--a machine to sharpen old drill bits for reuse. Savings? Over $300,000. "The old mind-set--unions vs. management--it's still there for about 10% of the people," says machinist Jim Messick. "But if we want to survive as unions and as a company, we have to work together...
Looking to shave seconds from its time and sharpen its execution, Harvard (9-1) moved junior and former stroke Nate Rogers into the heart of the engine room at the six-seat, swapping him with classmate Pat Haas. The move appeared to work almost too well early on as the Crimson worked itself into such a frenzy that it quickly settled into an unsustainable pace...
...Administration officials gloss over these splits by saying they have all known one another a long time, that arguments sharpen policy and that they all just serve the President. But some observers believe the turmoil has meant that Rice has been unable to assert the traditional role of National Security Adviser. After September 2002, for example, she set up four interagency task forces, chaired by her staff members, to examine various aspects of Iraq policy. The process never got much traction. Both Defense and State had their planning operations on Iraq (looking at very different things in very different ways...
DIED. ROBERT BARTLEY, 66, Pulitzer prizewinning editorial-page editor of the Wall Street Journal from 1972 to 2002; of cancer; in New York City. His incisive, often acerbic voice helped sharpen American conservatism for three decades, particularly through his advocacy of supply-side economics and robust defense spending...