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...have elected to seize the moment and offer a second recommendation to an adoring readership. This time around, though, it may actually make sense.If I have learned anything in the last week, it is that many of us—whether we recognize it or not—surround ourselves with those we most resemble. Our college is in many ways a conglomerate of independent groups of similarly oriented students, each of these groups being large enough so as to disguise its essentially closed nature. These groups are based upon our roster of activities, the classes we take...
...doesn't have to make all the silly stops that Gore or Bush 41 had to make. But it also means he doesn't have to put his ear to the ground. He doesn't have to pay any attention to the polls. He doesn't have to surround himself with political advisors who worry about his every move. And the problem with that isn't that he spends a lot of time hunting or fishing or reading intelligence reports (or whatever it is Cheney does-most of that is secret). It is that he has become too removed from...
...Illarionov: There is no such thing as a gas market prices, because there is no such thing as gas market. What they are doing to Ukraine is obvious price discrimination. Because Russia offers quite different terms for analogical (i.e., former republics that surround Russia) countries, while nobody has even suggested that the fuel basket price be calculated for Ukraine, the way they do for Germany, say. When watching all this, one can't avoid the impression that this price escalation during the negotiating process aims at NOT reaching the agreement rather than at reaching one. One feels that the main...
...Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV Receiver (pioneerelectronics.com; $1,200): This mammoth audio-video surround-sound receiver takes all different types of video, from DVDs, VCRs, cable boxes - you name it-and routes them through one wire to your high-definition TV. It's compatible with XM satellite radio's new "Connect and Play" technology: you plug in the special XM antenna and, as long as you've got a subscription, you get all of the XM stations listed right on the receiver's display, and on the TV. In fact, this receiver has so many bells and whistles, it's easy...
...Denon's new S-301 is a 2.1 home-theater system-in addition to its combination DVD player and audio amplifier, it has just two speakers and a subwoofer. It's compact, but packs a wallop, with special Dolby technology built in to ensure vivid surround sound on DVD movies. One of its key features is its iPod connection...