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...sale this fall for $299, keeps the same basic shape but improves on the original in several ways, including a built-in digital camera with flash, a sharper display and a better speaker design. It comes preloaded with AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Instant Messenger. Although this version is slimmer than the original, it's slightly longer and weighs about the same. Another thing that has stayed the same is the price. Monthly fees are $20 plus the cost of your TMobile calling plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: A Slim, Smart Sidekick | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...North has canceled high-level talks with Seoul, accusing it of kidnapping the 468 North Korean defectors who arrived in the South last week via Vietnam. Another round of multilateral talks on the North's nuclear program is due to start in September, but the chances of success seem slimmer than ever, says Nam Ju Hong, an expert on international relations at South Korea's Kyonggi University. "North Korea is moving away from solving the nuclear crisis," he says. "This is going to take a long time." Time that the North might use to develop more dependable nuclear weaponry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Lies Beneath? | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...just lie there and jiggle. It actively promotes ill health by, among other things, pumping out inflammatory proteins and interfering with the body's ability to use insulin. So it seemed plausible to many physicians that surgically removing belly fat by liposuction could give patients a double benefit: a slimmer physique and a better metabolic profile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Liposuction's Limits | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

What if they stay off carbs indefinitely? This is where the jury is out. A growing body of medical evidence supports the notion that in the short term, low-carbing can work for weight loss and that getting slimmer is beneficial in fighting heart disease and diabetes. The study of long-term effects is only now getting under way, and one worry is the higher cholesterol counts that can accompany a diet rich in fatty meats. Unequivocally, high cholesterol levels contribute to heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Low-Carb Frenzy | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...Queer Eye for the Straight Guy glorifying the newly stylish male, customers are flocking for fashion help. “Sometimes I really have to work from the bottom up,” Mountain says. “I’ll want to get someone into a slimmer jean and they’ll have huge boxer shorts on. Then we have to send them downstairs to try on a pair of snug fitting boxer briefs.” Fashion is the kind of business in which having suitable individual items—like the right undies?...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, Bari M. Schwartz, and Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Strutting their stuff | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

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