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...answer may lie in the origins of the phenomenon. Despite the publicity generated by the trading cards, the heart of Pokemon is a handheld game. Start by picking up a palm-size Nintendo Game Boy, insert the proper cartridge and switch it on. Soon, a creature with a lightning-bolt tail bounces through an animated sequence, pops a cute grin and yelps, "Pikachu!" You have met the most popular of the Pokemon, a creature--part cherub and part thunder god--that is the most famous mouse since Mickey and Mighty...
...meantime, United has developed a new system for staying on top of costs. The company will switch from precertification to a basket of tools including something it calls "profiling" doctors. United will keep tabs on how doctors are caring for their patients and compare those decisions against "best-practice" guidelines. Regular report cards will be sent to doctors so they can see how they stack up and improve their practice. United will also be checking to see who is falling outside the profiles...
...hour with the receiver tucked between his head and neck. Physicians believe the torqued position tore a neck artery that supplies blood to the brain. It's only one case, but the rest of us can learn from it. If you cradle the receiver, be sure to switch sides or transfer it to your hand from time to time. Better yet, try a headset...
...Apart from cheering on the government's trustbusters, Sun's strategy for ending Microsoft's dominance in desktop operating systems and applications is to move computing to the server. To encourage those who are slow to make the switch, they'll give away their applications for free. Taking a page from the Linux gang - who McNealy managed to deride as "communes" - Sun has saturated Comdex with signs touting Star Office, a suite of word processing, spreadsheet and other big applications that Sun is giving away gratis. Tens of thousands of copies of Sun's Star Office were distributed at Comdex...
...audience member asked the panel to address the Freshman Dean's Office policy on allowing students who don't want to room with homosexuals to switch rooms. Orfield responded, suggesting a difference between a sexual orientation "preference" and an "imposition" on a roommate by acting on a sexual orientation preference...