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...wage earners "who were willing to stay in a less-than-perfect relationship become less willing once the credit cards are taken away," he says. But recently some lawyers have noticed that as stock prices have plunged, they've gotten inquiries from business owners and investors looking to unhitch now, with the idea that being poorer on paper will work to their advantage when dividing assets...
...Fuel cells promise to unhitch us from the electrical grid, and that's good. We'll never have to grope for a hotel-room outlet again, and no more waiting for batteries to recharge, either. But details on how costly the devices will be to own and operate are scarce, and there are potential drawbacks. Will there be maintenance hassles? (Batteries are, after all, wonderfully simple.) Casio's laptop power plant is fueled by small methanol cartridges that are replaced when the liquid is spent. Will we want to carry spare fuel cans around with us? Will airlines allow them...
...must unhitch its horse from the Saudi Arabian cart. The country is on a demographic and economic path to revolution. Falling living standards due to explosive population growth and declining oil revenue will focus public attention on the un-Islamic nature of the ruling regime’s extravagant lifestyles. We need not and must not be at the Royal Family’s side when things fall apart...
...before our leaders can tackle the formidable task of convincing the world community, they must unhitch themselves from the many misconceptions about the war in Bosnia...
...Forty-Niner linebacker Jack Reynolds deserves an award for his unorthodox style of celebrating. According to the Globe's page-one story on Monday, the NFL veteran gathered the San Francisco defense around him after staging a gutsy goal-line stand in the third quarter. Reynolds then proceeded to unhitch his pants and empty his bladder in the endzone. If nothing else, it's a new wrinkle in the poise-under-pressure theme...