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When it comes to notebook PCs, thin usually means expensive. But a new line of sub-$1,000, 3-lb. notebooks running the Windows CE operating system is both svelte and affordable. Hewlett-Packard's Jornada, Sharp's Mobilon Pro and Vadem's Clio feature built-in modems, word-processing and spreadsheet programs, and offer up to 12 hours of battery life. The screens on the Mobilon Pro and Clio rotate on a hinge and can lie flat, tablet-style. But none have a floppy drive, making file transfers a bit awkward...
While Lambert's description is clear and his prose lucid, the book stretches thin as he tries to extrapolate too many generalizations about rowing and life from his personal experience. The book begins to read like a catalogue of cliches, as Lambert winds up each vignette with trite observations that ring faintly of Chicken Soup for the Soul: "To find our calling, we must listen to all of these inner voices, which speak from, and to, the soul," and "strong teams balance variety with unity around a clear sense of purpose," are some of the reflections and advice he offers...
Apparently it is possible to be too thin in Hollywood. As evidence, we offer the travails of Ally McBeal star CALISTA FLOCKHART, who has lately been the subject of rumors suggesting she is suffering from anorexia. In the show's first season, Ally's notorious upper-thigh-grazing skirts revealed an Audrey Hepburn-like reediness. But a skeleton-hugging sheath at last month's Emmys and this season's still shorter frocks seem to indicate a frame even more devoid of substance. When Flockhart missed a day of work recently, idle minds began speculating that it was because...
...evening last month, in the barn of a farm in Bellville, Ohio, about a dozen fox farmers stood around, hands in belts, watching a video. On the screen, a bevy of thin, gorgeous, haughty women strode down the catwalk, all wearing something furry. It was a compilation of high-fashion shows from Milan, and while the farmers were more bemused than impressed, that tape may represent their best hope for a lucrative future...
...over any fur hang-ups with an education program. One of Saga's greatest successes has been to create fur that is lighter and thinner. It has made a fox-fur jacket that weighs less than a pound. And if there is one thing fashion people like, it's thin...