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...always seem to be suffering a personal energy crisis. I can drain my mobile-phone battery dry in a day, my PDA craves a charge after 48 hours and my notebook computer beeps plaintively during the shortest airplane flight. The situation isn't getting better. Portable devices continue to sprout power-hungry features such as color screens and wireless communications capabilities. Yet the humble, overtaxed battery?without which no device would be portable?is evolving too slowly to keep...
Unless the underlying causes of terrorism are addressed and resolved, these militants will continue to sprout up like poisonous mushrooms on a dung heap, releasing their deadly spores to travel around the world. The U.S. will be a lot safer when it forgoes the rule of "might makes right" in its international affairs and supports the United Nations in its efforts to resolve international disputes fairly. The world is too interconnected to solve international problems while peering through the lens of nationalism. NEIL BEZAIRE Carlsbad, Calif...
HOURGLASS SPACE SPROUT Burger King The hourglass can be opened, and the candy-like plastic balls are easy to swallow...
...mysterious gathering. So why did the Fed put an end to its 50-points-a-meeting regime of the spring with a 25-basis-point cut - and release a statement that gave no indication why? Because, the minutes say, the members feared sowing too many inflationary seeds that could sprout next spring, and because they figured they?d done about all they could do for a slowdown that, after all, wasn?t going to last forever...
...Trust the market, Mr. Bush. The industries will grow. Windmills, especially, will sprout like weeds - tell Tom Daschle he can make South Dakota the Texas of wind - and solar will speed its evolution. Heck, we could use some new industries around here. Manufacturing could find its revival in energy-efficient appliances. Detroit could become a world leader in clean cars. And the dot-coms - as long they're either boosting productivity or entertaining us, they'll always be welcome...