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Caspar W. Weinberger ’38, a former Crimson president who served as secretary of defense to President Reagan and oversaw the nation’s massive peacetime defense buildup in the Cold War’s twilight years, died Tuesday of pneumonia and kidney ailments. He was 88.Weinberger, who died at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with his wife of 63 years, Jane, by his side, had served as chairman of Forbes Inc. until his death.A major force in California’s Republican Party during the 1960s, Weinberger held three major posts in Washington the following...
...code, but if you do, you can identify your destination very quickly. There?s nothing raggedy about the visuals. Not only is text exceptionally readable, but features like forests and rivers appear clearly on the map as you drive. Like some other navigators (but not all), a twilight sensor built into the device adjusts brightness levels and screen colors for day and night...
...dual-core processor configurations. Both have built-in iSight cameras. And both have remotes for Front Row, so that you can manage music, videos and photos from a distance. Certainly, the MacBook does have a few elements that the iMac doesn't share:?The illuminated keyboard works with a twilight sensor, adjusting the backlighting so you can always see the keys; the screen is much brighter than previous models - fully viewable, even when?you use it while sitting in a bay window on a sunny day; and the MagSafe magnetic breakaway power cord works as billed, so kids and cats...
...second category, that doesn't diminish its significance. Having pored over thousands of pages of data, researchers are now all but convinced that by exercising their brains people can substantially reduce their risk of dementia. Ideally, regular intellectual stimulation would begin early in life and continue through the twilight years. But there's mounting evidence that a late-life surge in mental activity - taking up board games, crosswords, arts and craft - can help stave off the ravages of this dreadful illness...
...uses women in a patronizing way deserves to be criticized. Societies that respect women will progress; the rest will degenerate. Krishna Raman Chennai, India Corliss says China is rich in top actresses and Japan isn't. But there are wonderful Japanese actresses in The Last Samurai (2003) and The Twilight Samurai (2002), and the latter was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Movie. Just because Chinese films are better marketed than those made in Japan doesn't mean Chinese actors are more talented. Kazuho Baba Anaheim, California, U.S. Memoirs Of A Geisha is most definitely not, as Corliss...