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...officials aren't optimistic Zubaydah will ever crack. But even a silent Zubaydah may spare American lives. Says an official: "If he never says a word to anyone, just having him out of the equation is enough...
...both DiFranco and her audience have grown, her music has evolved as well. Lately her music has become more complex with moody, meditative undertones. Her new material on Revelling/Reckoning is a gritty yet melodic collection of songs with spare, carefully chosen accompaniment. The effect is a more fully realized marriage of poetry and music than much of her earlier work...
...that public opinion and his increased international stature will carry him to victory. Analysts aren't sure. Pakistan's major political parties?former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League?have rejected the referendum as unconstitutional. Voter turnout is likely to be spare, which could bring embarrassing comparisons to Pakistan's last military dictator, General Zia ul-Haq, whose 1984 referendum generated widespread apathy...
...devices will be to own and operate are scarce, and there are potential drawbacks. Will there be maintenance hassles? (Batteries are, after all, wonderfully simple.) Casio's laptop power plant is fueled by small methanol cartridges that are replaced when the liquid is spent. Will we want to carry spare fuel cans around with us? Will airlines allow them on board? The answers to those questions will determine whether my power outages continue. Until then, intermittent blackouts are expected...
...anyone hauling around spare AAs and an emergency power cord, it's obvious that energy-storage technology needs a rethink. Fortunately, one is under way. Within the next 18 months, consumer electronics manufacturers, including Casio and Sony, plan to start marketing personal portable devices powered not by batteries but by fuel cells...