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...stand their ground, some of her allies expect Miers to impress the Senators with her strength and savvy. "To stand one on one in the Oval Office, and for the President to turn to you and say, 'What do you recommend?' you have to be confident, prepared, articulate and smart," says Brett Kavanaugh, Miers' successor as White House staff secretary. "She's done it for five years now." Given the hostility directed toward her, Miers could now at least benefit, as her President so often has, from the advantage of low expectations. --Reported by Mike Allen, Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper...
...year--36,000 of them in the U.S.--yet most of us don't get vaccinated. The new threat requires a different response--a healthy respect for the toll that even a moderate pandemic may take on our society and just enough genuine fear to figure out some smart steps to take to minimize the damage. "We need to scare people into their wits, not out of them," says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. With that in mind, here's a primer on the risks...
...Sprint is celebrating its merger with business-minded Nextel is by launching a business-minded phone. The PPC-6700 PCS Vision Smart Device sprint.com $630, or $480 after rebates) can juggle several wireless connections at the same time. If you want to check e-mail and surf the Web, you can hop on a wi-fi network or connect to Sprint's new high-speed wireless network, available in more than 75 major U.S. markets. There's also Bluetooth for printing wirelessly and connecting a wireless hands-free earpiece...
...that would be ideal for city traffic, small enough to fit in the tiniest of parking spots and highly fuel efficient. It seems like an even better idea now. But 11 years after Mercedes dreamed up the idea with Nicholas Hayek, the creator of Swatch watches, the minute Smart car has become an oversize drain on the automaker's profits. In the first six months of this year, Mercedes plunged into the red because of a massive $1.3 billion restructuring charge it took for its Smart operations...
...Smart's woes are typical of the troubles afflicting the entire Mercedes group. The car's manufacturing costs are far too high, especially given its relatively small scale--last year the company sold just 150,000 of them. Smart's managers were overly ambitious in developing new models too quickly, according to company officials and analysts. Hayek long ago dropped out. But even before the original model he helped to inspire had established itself, Smart moved on to new territory: the model range was extended to a four-seater, a roadster and a planned...