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...much of the economic slack for the past two years, both as a comforting investment for fretting consumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing's downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term interest rates. Or Alan Greenspan and the Fed could do the same to short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast...
...directly at Bill Gates. Safari is a speedy, free Web browser with a Google toolbar; it leaves Mac owners few reasons to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer (half a million have already tried an early version). And Keynote, a $99 slide-show program built for Jobs' own presentations, should steal a few million converts from Microsoft PowerPoint. Sometimes the smaller guy has a big advantage...
...performers in Saturday’s contest. Dartmouth’s freshman guard Mike Lang came off the bench to tie co-captain Charles Harris as Dartmouth’s leading scorer in the match, and both finished with 12 points. Lang also drained two treys and had one steal...
...coming a 10-7 overtime victory at home despite four turnovers, a shaky kicking game and costly penalties. But that's how people are viewing the Giants, who come into this matchup winners of four straight, including last week's thriller against the Eagles in which they tried to steal defeat from the clutches of victory and just couldn't do it. Now they're the darlings of the media, who are almost universally predicting an upset of the 49ers, a team that's been locked in as the No. 4 seed for a couple of lackluster weeks now. Giants...
...showman. "It's only 90 minutes," says Tom Hanks, who went to one to research the role of the FBI agent who nabbed Abagnale. "But it's the best one-man show you'll possibly ever see." In the movie, Abagnale's character is just as entertaining. "He did steal 2 1/2 million bucks," Hanks says. "And yet you're constantly rooting for him." How could he not brag? --By Joel Stein