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---Business & the Internet---
A Computer User article argues that recovery from the tech
slump will require closure in the Microsoft antitrust case.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56091
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Industry Standard studies Encyclopaedia Britannica's
convoluted and messy web strategy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56272
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56272
---World Business---
Time Europe reports on Starbucks' plans to invade
Continental Europe with its gourmet coffeeshops.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56248
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56248
---Money---
Mutual Funds interviews three high-profile retirement
experts on their philosophies for meeting long-term
investing goals.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56451
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56451
---Computers & Technology---
Salon reports on the music industry's latest plan to combat
piracy with un-rippable CDs (and you might need a new CD
player to play them, too).
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55520
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55520
A New Scientist article describes how researchers are
fighting computer viruses by borrowing tactics from
immunology.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55499
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55499
Need to get organized? Mobile Computing compares nine
different personal information management software packages.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55545
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55545
---World Politics---
A New Republic article wonders why Britain had to resort to
the mass slaughter of livestock in order to deal with its
foot-and-mouth disease problem.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55587
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Time Europe reports on a heated dispute between Italy and
the Pope over the electromagnetic radiation emitted by
Vatican Radio.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55497
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55497
---U.S. Society & Politics---
Weekly Standard looks at how suburban high schools might
avoid mass murders by letting their unhappy students
drop out.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56149
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56149
FEER has an article on the troubled relationship between
Korean-American inner-city shopkeepers and their black
customers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55569
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55569
In a Salon piece, experts weigh in on whether a hard-line
Bush administration can diplomatically prevent a crisis with
China over the disabled spy plane and its detained U.S.
crew.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56450
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56450
---Books---
Atlantic Unbound reviews a new book about the spectacle and
ritual of Spanish bullfighting and interviews its author
about her research in the bullring.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55570
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385720815/magportalcom
---Culture---
An Outside writer explains that it's still possible to
hitchhike across America, if you know how.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55506
---High-Altitude Adventure---
Outside features an article on the Sherpa people and their
mountaineering superstar Babu Chiri's plans for fame and an
improved life for all Sherpas.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55563
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55563
Science News relays the latest research on how people's
bodies deal with high altitudes and low oxygen levels.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55841
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55841
---Climatic Change---
A Time article catalogs the hard facts on the reality of
global warming.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56131
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56131
Salon calls Bush's decision to pull the U.S. out of the
Kyoto Protocol profoundly unpatriotic.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55718
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55718
---Science---
In a Metropolis article, the architect inventor of a
translucent concrete discusses its composition and potential
applications.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56227
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As FEER reports, a new project will use coconuts to generate
electricity and jobs in a Filipino village. The Professor
would be proud.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55573
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55573
---Education---
U.S. News's graduate school survey finds innovative,
practical master's degree programs growing in popularity.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56087
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56087
A Salon article examines the controversy over a San
Francisco charter school run by Edison Schools, Inc.: does
ideological conflict over the principle of for-profit
education trump educational success?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55899
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55899
Education Week reports on a troubled school district that
has divided up its schools to be run by three competing
private companies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56330
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56330
---Movies---
Entertainment Today reviews The Tailor of Panama, a spy film
that succeeds on character development, not glitz and car
chases.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=55998
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=55998
---Marketing Vehicles---
Special Car recounts the history of the Oscar Mayer
Weinermobile and lays out the specs for its current
incarnation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56389
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56389
---Sports---
Sports Illustrated reveals the secrets of a ball-snagging
baseball fan who brings home, on average, six major league
baseballs per game.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56449
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56449
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