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...Lofty prices have kept the market for flat-screen TVs small so far. Plasma technology dominates in supersize TVs at 40 in. (100 cm) and larger, but plasma will hold only 2% of the U.S. TV market this year. More consumers buy LCD TVs, which are available in a wider range of sizes, but they still only account for less than 10% of the market. Dropping prices will change that, especially with LCD TVs, which manufacturers are gearing up to churn out the fastest. By 2008, 1 of every 3 TVs sold will be an LCD, according to iSuppli...
Chris: Bill, I consider it a bad idea to expose underground music to a wider audience when I am skeptical at the new audience’s willingness to accept the music as the artist intends, and when I feel that an artist would be likely to compromise their art for the sake of filthy lucre. In this example I can see the Postal Service going either way. The popularity of the first album was buoyed on the strength of “Such Great Heights,” an excellent single that condenses everything good about the Postal Service...
...Hope for Tibet? The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled religious and political leader, said in his interview with TIME [Oct. 25], "If you look at the Tibet situation locally, then it's hopeless. But from a wider perspective, it's hopeful." To me it looks as though the struggle for Tibetan independence from China will further diminish after the Dalai Lama's death. Exile and inaction never yield positive results. Although it is true that peaceful methods of promoting the cause of Tibetan freedom should be adopted, what has the Dalai Lama done to direct those efforts? In today...
...that now is the time to do something? Shagun Mehandru Arlington, Virginia, U.S. Hope for Tibet? The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled religious and political leader, said in his interview with TIME [Oct. 25], "If you look at the Tibet situation locally, then it's hopeless. But from a wider perspective, it's hopeful." To me it looks as though the struggle for Tibetan independence from China will further diminish after the Dalai Lama's death. Exile and inaction never yield positive results. While it is true that peaceful methods of promoting the cause of Tibetan freedom should be adopted...
...Every Harvard undergrad needs to get a sense of the wider world,” he said...