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Even though Nextel developed push to talk for business use, it's the off-peak appeal that makes it hot. People are using it at supermarkets and ski lodges, anywhere that a short burst of chatter from a speaker works better than a drawn-out conversation, phone to ear. You can even talk in a group, like a voice chat room...
...agreed to rule on whether an amusement-park ride should be classified as a "common carrier" rather than as entertainment. If the court upholds a lower appellate decision, such California parks as Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm will fall into the same category as buses, taxis, elevators and ski lifts--and will have to conform to a standard of "utmost care" rather than "reasonable care." That could mean lower speeds, more restraints and fewer thrills...
When not performing potentially death-defying turns on the ski field, Wagner has run from executive meetings of the Harvard International Review and the International Relations Council to gatherings of the Seneca, the female social club she served on as real estate chair. Right now, however, Wagner finds herself “neck-deep in data,” for her thesis on how women of different socio-economic backgrounds balance the pressures of work and family. Wagner is particularly enthused about the opportunity to “study a group of people [I will] one day be a part...
...about themselves is the preferred coping technique. “I think the only thing that’s interesting about me is that I’m really boring,” says newly-named Rhodes Scholar Rachael A. Wagner, adding that she comes in last in every ski race, “except when someone falls. Then I’m ahead by a few seconds...
...FRIENDS O.K., the whole yoga fad is beginning to get on your nerves: when did all your friends become so bendy? Still, if you can't talk them back onto the tennis courts and the ski slopes (what do they mean, "high-impact?"), then at least you can get them to stop embarrassing you by showing up everywhere with those icky purple rubber mats. Louis Vuitton's specially-treated Epi Soft leather yoga mat and bag, about...