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...looks as one might expect a man to look who's been billed as a savior but whose party has lost ground in his first shot at power. Acknowledging a long ovation, he can muster only brief, brave smiles; the sting of defeat has stripped him of his usual self-consciousness and he's the more appealing for it. In this sense nothing in his campaign became him like the leaving it, and his speech is magnanimous, though this is a pleasing tradition in Australian politics - in what must have been some parallel universe, Howard gave just such a speech...
...sophomores weren’t the only ones getting a chance to show off their moves. With the Cornell defense zeroing in on Harvard’s running game, the Crimson threw more receivers into the mix than usual. One of those was freshman Joe Murt, who caught the first pass of his collegiate career—an 18-yard strike across the middle from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick—on Harvard’s first drive of the game. The catch gave the Crimson a first down in Big Red territory, and Harvard would eventually drive...
...treasury of works so famous that his biggest problem isn't getting people to come look at them--MOMA is counting on about 1.8 million visitors a year--but getting people to see them, to penetrate the haze of reproduction that turns icons into clichés. "It's the usual job of a curator to make unfamiliar things familiar," he says. "I want to take familiar things and make them strange again...
...passed, the so-called Induce Act, backed by such powerful legislators as Senate majority leader Bill Frist and Senator Hillary Clinton, would close the legitimate-copying loophole and empower the MPAA to sue peer-to-peer file-sharing services like Grokster after all. Opponents of the bill include usual suspects like the Electronic Freedom Foundation--the A.C.L.U. of the digital world--but also a surprising number of big businesses...
...systems already save us from having to stop at gas stations for directions. But the next version for Acura and Cadillac may save us from having to stop anywhere. Combining electronic navigation with real-time traffic reports from XM satellite radio, the system can offer alternate routes when the usual way home is jammed. It debuts in 20 markets for the 2005 Acura RL and Cadillac CTS. You'll pay a premium over XM's basic subscription rate. The equipment is standard for the Acura model but a $3,000 option for the Cadillac...