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...internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Bionics are no longer the preserve of the Six Million Dollar Man: soon the elderly or disabled may be able to walk, climb stairs and do housework with the help of a robotic suit, or exoskeleton. The "hybrid assistive limb," or HAL, is the brainchild of Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai of the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Inspired by Isaac Asimov's sci-fi novel I, Robot and Japanese manga comics, Sankai has produced a suit that weighs up to 22 kg and supports its own weight...
...thing. But now Greenberg faces serious charges of cutting corners to make AIG's financial might appear greater than reality, and in so doing ripping off shareholders who have lost nearly $50 billion in the value of their stock since Spitzer served the first subpoena. In Spitzer's suit, he alleges that AIG, through bogus transactions, inflated the reserves it keeps to pay claims by hundreds of millions of dollars; that Greenberg repeatedly directed AIG traders late in the day to buy AIG shares to prop up its price; and that AIG booked underwriting losses as investment losses to project...
Lanvin's silk-covered pearls and ethnic-inspired beads, left, are the hot accessory for summer. (Even actress Lindsay Lohan is sporting them.) Designer Alber Elbaz introduced the oversize necklaces last fall, and everyone is following suit?from Yves Saint Laurent to Marni and Prada...
...disintegration" to describe how Australia tries to unsettle and eventually demoralize its rivals. Last year, Waugh handed over to Ponting, a prodigy from Launceston, Tasmania. Despite making some diplomatic noises, Ponting has kept the approach rolling. "That's what it's all about," said the captain, resplendent in gray suit and pink shirt, shortly before boarding a plane in Brisbane for London on June 4. "Everything we do is based on applying pressure." It's one reason that, outside of Australia, most people with an interest in cricket would be delighted to see England beat the cocky visitors...
...others in detention, especially Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, or KSM, the alleged mastermind of 9/11. The intelligence take was more cumulative than anything else, says a Pentagon official. Once al-Qahtani realized KSM was talking, the official speculates, al-Qahtani may have felt he had the green light to follow suit...