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...cell-phone addicts and the people who sit near them, Nokia has begun a campaign to silence phones during theater performances. Its public-service announcement, which debuted Nov. 3 at a Dallas Opera production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, began with increasingly annoying rings, then urged the audience to switch phones to "vibrate." It was met with wild applause, and Nokia is now taking its show on the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Dec. 3, 2001 | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Knutsen, who had joined the team initially as a foil fencer, was asked to switch to epee by Brand. Despite the different demands of the two swords, Knutsen has managed to excel...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencing Teams Slice Through Brandeis | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...weren’t together at all in terms of our player and ball movement, and our guys were very frustrated by that,” Sullivan said of his team’s reaction to the switch...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Tops Huskies, 68-61 | 11/28/2001 | See Source »

...phone, pager and Palm-style PDA, look out for the Handspring Treo. This slim device is about the size and weight of a regular cell phone, with a protective flip-top and large screen. It comes in two flavors--with a keyboard or with a Graffiti writing pad. A switch at the top mercifully silences the whole thing instantly. Look for it in early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of Show | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...didn't come. As Pashtun opposition forces encircled the city, the Taliban mustered no more than sporadic skirmishing. That, and the week's long string of northern defeats, convinced anti-Taliban Pashtun that they could take down the core Taliban warriors in the south and persuade the rest to switch sides; the prospect of Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara fighters sweeping into Pashtun cities was far more harrowing to Taliban soldiers than was surrendering to their Pashtun brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt for bin Laden | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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