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...United States seems a lot more insecure these days. The vengeance of the swaggering global cowboy that has crushed its enemies continues to shock and awe, yet even after the capture of our national bogeyman Saddam Hussein, America remains skittish. Sending back planes from its shores and sniffing for dirty bombs with reckless abandon, the Bush administration and its parrots in the media demand increased vigilance, wariness and, above all, paralyzing fear...
There are not many other $30 million-per-movie action stars lining up to campaign in '04, but California's recall suggests that with a limping economy and continued problems overseas, voters across the nation are feeling skittish and might turn to a candidate just because he promises change. There may be no single lesson from the defeat of Gray Davis last week, but it does convey a general sense of menace to the status quo. Incumbents, beware. --With reporting by Terry McCarthy, Jeffrey Ressner, Sean Scully and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles, Laura A. Locke/San Francisco, Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines and Matthew...
...skittish citizens who aren't frightened enough by disaster reports on cable news, police scanners or the Web, RCA introduces Alert Guard. The early-warning system, built into four new RCA TV models, gathers data from government watchdogs like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, finds events that threaten your neighborhood and displays alerts right on the screen. When something is brewing, whether it's an approaching tsunami or a mishap at a nuclear-power plant, the TV translates government-issued radio codes into text messages, audio alarms and colored warning lights (green, yellow...
...Britain. That's nothing compared to the millions of VCRs out there. But by saving shows digitally to a hard drive--and offering features like Season Pass, which automatically records every episode of, say, Sex and the City--TiVo puts the VCR to shame. Trouble is, customers have been skittish about the subscription fee for TiVo service. So, to gain wider appeal, TiVo is expanding its satellite-TV offerings and teaming up with the superstar of home theater...
LEANN RIMES A tale about a shy and skittish young female jaguar, the pop-country singer's Jag draws on Rimes' experience getting picked on as a kid. Jag never wins a Grammy, but she does befriend some interesting cats...