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...almost a million visitors clambered up the 294 steps and peered out over its vertiginous tilt--about 13 ft. off plumb and growing by an alarming .04 in. to .08 in. a year. Pisa's historic Leaning Tower, experts warned, had leaned too far and could topple at any time in the next decade or two. So the 800-year-old white marble structure, one of Italy's most famous monuments, was closed for nearly 12 years and for $25 million of ingenious engineering work to set it a little straighter. Not, of course, entirely straight--Dio mio!--that would...
...note of caution: flat monitors are more sensitive to external light conditions than are CRTs. They also have a narrower viewing angle, so the colors won't look as rich when viewed from the side or from above. It's best to keep the display away from sunlight and tilt the top edge slightly away from you. Then sit back and enjoy the view...
...would prefer more assertive actions but applaud the contrast to the previous Administration. "By this point Bill Clinton would have apologized three times to the world," says the Blue Team's Richard Fisher, a China expert at the Jamestown Foundation. While the Blues are encouraged by the new rightward tilt in Washington, they know the pro-engagement policymakers still hold sway. Timperlake vows that "history will put us in the mainstream." China makes the same prediction...
...moderate allies eventually prevailed over their hard-line critics in the Hainan standoff, but their weakness was revealed along the way. And if the U.S. goes ahead with the Aegis sale, that will be taken in Beijing as proof of the failure of President Jiang's line, which could tilt the delicate balance in favor of the hard-liners and ultimately leave U.S.-China relations even more confrontation-prone. But appearing to back away from the sale opens President Bush up to attack from critics on the right that he's appeasing Beijing. Then again, allowing relations with China...
When the economy was going full tilt, investors extrapolated rising corporate earnings further into the future than any expansion had ever lasted. Dumb. Booms always bust. And now that the bust is here, shortsighted investors are acting as if there will never be another boom. Dumb squared. Early in a downturn, as now--not late in an expansion--is when you should take the long view in determining if a stock is fairly priced...