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...they feel about certain things, how they feel about certain people, how they feel about themselves. But he also doesn't do it in such a way that when you get to page 10, you know what's going to be on page 110. He has some twist in there or some irony...
Samsung put a new twist on the MP3 player with its innovative Photo YEPP ($399). In addition to playing digital music, which is pretty cool in itself, the Photo YEPP has a color screen for displaying text and pictures. It's so nifty, Bill Gates was spotted admiring it on the show floor. In the "old dog, new tricks" department, Sony unveiled the next generation of its Aibo robotic puppy ($1,500). The new pooch--full name ERS-210 (we've come a long way since Rover)--can learn 50 distinct words. Tell it to "take a picture...
Nothing is more basic than a loaf of bread--it's the staff of life, remember? But the loaves in Glezer's book, photographed by Ben Fink, twist and turn and glow and dazzle. Glezer, a baker certified by the American Institute of Baking, unravels the mysteries of sourdough, composes a Finnish rye bread and deconstructs baguettes. Her comforting tone will soothe even the nervous novice: "It's only flour and water and time," she insists. But a look through these pages shows that when Glezer bakes, it's actually high art. If anything is going to persuade time-starved...
...Every twist in the Florida postelection legal journey has been met with a flurry of overreaction. Friday morning, when Judge Lewis ruled that Harris could certify the state results, the punditocracy was declaring that Gore's hopes of winning were over. By the end of the same day, after the Florida Supreme Court's ruling that she could not, talk resurfaced of a possible Gore victory. But the truth lay somewhere in between. The Gore camp will have a chance to argue before the Florida Supreme Court this week that "the votes have been cast, and they ought...
Welty's work deserves to be seen, if only to confirm that the ordinary, if collected and reconfigured, can be made into something absolutely wacky. And after seeing her massive displays of twist ties, you will never think of opening a bread bag quite the same...