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...gate advantage over rival e-readers from Sony and Barnes & Noble. But industry experts believe the recent launch of Apple's highly anticipated iPad tablet, a device that offers Web-browsing, e-mail and other laptop functions in addition to an e-reader, could be the Kindle's biggest threat yet. Apple has already signed up five publishers to sell e-books for its iPad. "There's clearly competitive risk," says Mark Mahaney, a managing director at Citigroup. (See the best travel gadgets...
...matter of just three years, Markley has emerged from a reserve player recovering from injury to a veteran on this season’s underclassmen-heavy team. With the graduation of three forwards last year, Markley’s ability to provide an inside threat has proven to be even more critical for a team hoping to achieve balance in the perimeter and the paint...
...other far-right parties, such as Nick Griffin of the British National Party and Jean-Marie Le Pen of France's National Front. But he claims (though his opponents strongly disagree) that his policies are rooted in the Dutch tradition of tolerance: he says that Islam is a threat to women's rights, and he criticizes Muslims' anti-gay rhetoric. Now under 24-hour surveillance because of the many death threats he's received, Wilders told TIME last year that Islam itself stirs hatred. "The Koran is full of incitements to violence," he said. "Islam wants to dominate every part...
...Fish Tank,” written and directed by Andrea Arnold, also fits neatly into a popular indie template—the raw, documentary-like drama that usually features a supremely unfortunate lead character and the hovering threat of some vague social ailment. Arnold’s iteration follows fifteen-year-old Mia, a lonely British girl who develops a close relationship with her stepfather, who then sexually abuses her. Although this genre has often produced forgettable films, the accolades “Fish Tank” has received for its acting and writing suggest that it might be worth...
...They decided that the two biggest problems were the nuclear threat, and civil rights,” Paul said. “And they decided that they should dedicate themselves to solving those problems...