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---U.S. Politics & Society---
An Atlantic article surmises why Gore is fighting so hard:
this is his last chance at national office.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40342
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Asian Americans are making inroads into the political and
civic mainstream, but have far to go, according to a Far
East Economic Review feature.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40490
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40490
Salon reviews Lynne Cheney's recently (and unfortunately)
reprinted novel, The Body Politic.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40445
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40445
A New Republic article argues that Florida election law and
the legal battles there have been eminently reasonable.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41008
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41008
TIME Europe has some foreign policy advice for George W.
Bush as he closes in on the presidency.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41571
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41571
---International Politics & Society---
Far East Economic Review discusses the international
alliance and attack strategy the U.S. is weighing in
retaliation against the Taliban for the USS Cole bombing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40446
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40446
As Salon reports, the Canadian parliamentary election was
the picture of efficiency and accuracy, contrasting sharply
with that of their neighbor to the south.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40559
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40559
As Vicente Fox assumes the office of President of Mexico,
Salon examines his views and the future of U.S.-Mexico
relations.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40954
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40954
A CIO article explores why, and how, India is producing the
world's brightest IT minds.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40694
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40694
Asiaweek reports that Hong Kong businessmen are starting to
worry that widespread student activism there will erode
their companies' competetive edge.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40816
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40816
TIME Europe reports on the effort to establish a permanent
international war crimes court.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41036
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41036
U.S. News looks at Barak's loss of support and the
possibility of a Netanyahu comeback.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40922
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40922
The French have a problem, TIME Europe reports: cute baby
magot monkeys, a trendy pet, grow up to be surly, aggressive
adults, which has led to masses of them being left in parks,
where they pose a danger to humans.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41039
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41039
---Computing---
PC World reviews systems with the new Intel Pentium 4
processor.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40892
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40892
Microsoft Office 2001 for the Mac OS hits the shelves, and
Computer User reviews it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40749
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40749
CIO writes about technology terminology that has made it
into the latest American Heritage Dictionary.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40633
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40633
Business 2.0 profiles eleven poor families who received free
computers and subsidized Internet access last year as part
of a federal pilot program.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41239
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41239
A Salon piece explains why computers and software are so
full of defects, and why, someday, manufacturers will have
to start caring about it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41619
---Internet---
In a Salon article, one consumer laments that e-tailers are
no longer so generous with the freebies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40443
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40443
A Boardwatch article contends that the real speed bottleneck
on the public Internet is the way it's put together.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40384
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40384
Business 2.0 reports that eBay, unlike Napster, is actually
making money on bootlegged music.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41202
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41202
A monopsony is the opposite of a monopoly--many sellers with
just one buyer. The Industry Standard looks at how the
Internet may give rise to such a situation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41102
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41102
A column in Macworld rebuffs the paranoia over Internet
privacy invasions, instead welcoming them with open arms.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41562
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41562
---Business--
U.S. News reports that Amtrak's new high-tech Acela Express
hits speeds of up to 150mph. Will it be enough to save
Amtrak when government subsidies end?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40911
Business 2.0 examines a new kind of small-business hatchery:
the Internet accelerator.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41048
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41048
Employment Review presents its annual survey of employment
activity by sector, predicting which markets will be hot in
2001.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41464
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41464
---Finance---
Kiplinger's provides advice for well-off parents on how to
raise unspoiled children.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40421
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40421
A Weekly Standard article examines the tenure of Alan
Greenspan. How much credit does he deserve?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40959
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40959
---Science & Health---
Red Herring reports on the discovery of a rare mutation:
scientists in England have found a woman whose vision is
based on four colors rather than three.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41483
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41483
An obscure rat-borne disease found in Asian rice fields may
be the answer to treating AIDS cheaply, reports Far East
Economic Review.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40483
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40483
U.S. News looks at the debate over DDT. Does the benefit of
stopping mosquitos carrying malaria outweigh the
environmental risk?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40909
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40909
---Education---
An Education Week piece calls the mantra "all children can
learn" one of the great red herrings of education.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40974
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40974
Kiplinger's offers tips on figuring out financial aid forms
for parents of children going to college.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41018
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41018
---Sports---
A Sports Illustrated column asserts that Americans' civility
during crisis has been learned through sports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40397
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40397
In Sportsjones, a novelist and former NFL pro writes about
working with Jim Brown, Oliver Stone, and Al Pacino in the
making of Any Given Sunday.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40498
Outside has a special holiday gift guide for the intrepid
outdoor explorer on your list.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=40417
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=40417
A Sports Illustrated piece likens college football's Bowl
Championship Series to New Coke: an innovation the public
doesn't want.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=41617
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=41617
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