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More important, the Beamer is probably the easiest high-tech gizmo you'll ever set up. After recruiting my friend Swati as a guinea pig and promising her that setting the Beamer up in her apartment would take no more than an hour, I was amazed when we finished in less than 10 minutes. All we had to do was take it out of the box, plug one cable to the phone jack, a second to the phone and a third to the power outlet...
After whizzing through the same setup back at my pad, I placed the first call using my home phone. Once Swati picked up, I pushed a button on my Beamer to start the video feed. In about 15 seconds (during which we couldn't speak to each other), up popped Swati's pretty face. Well, she actually looks much better in person, but because the lighting was bad in her apartment, Swati's face was covered in shadows. Mine came through clear and bright...
...good that we get to appreciate talents of other students," said R. Swati Prakash '97, who resides off-campus. "This is definitely some of the best free entertainment I've seen in a long time...
...from paltry, Wali is a Persian word meaning ruler. It is a title selected by the present Swati ruling family after it unified the local tribes and won British recognition in 1926. The Wall's grandfather enjoyed the title of Akhoond, a Persian word meaning religious teacher. But in the 20th century secular titles have displaced religious ones; the Wali of Swat, no longer Akhoond, is the only Wali among the Pakistani princes...