In this week's issue: Dream jobs, auction fraud, foreign
aid, and athletes as role models.
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---Books---
A scathing book review in a widely-read magazine has
prompted debate in the larger literary community as to what
a reviewer's responsibilities are, according to Salon.
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Salon reviews a new book on how pilgrim and Native American
religions mixed and mingled in the colonial period, shaping
early America.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103708
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---Business---
Kiplinger's looks at nine people who have found a way to get
paid to do what they love -- dream jobs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103975
---E-Business---
Context interviews the CEO of Dow Jones Corp., publishers of
The Wall Street Journal, about how the Internet has changed
and will change the news business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103838
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What makes some online exchanges work and others fail?
Business 2.0 investigates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104077
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Just because the Internet hasn't created a new economy yet
doesn't mean it won't, writes Context.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103801
Business 2.0 reports that fraud is more prevalent on eBay's
network than the company likes to admit.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104124
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Internet radio stations are struggling to reverse a royalty
ruling that they say will render their species extinct,
reports PC World.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104068
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---Investing---
A Kiplinger's article looks at how investors can profit(eer)
from increased spending in the war on terrorism.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104007
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---Home Improvement---
This Old House advises readers on what to look for in a
cordless drill.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104018
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Fed up with summer heat? This Old House has a buyer's guide
for air-conditioning units.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104022
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---Psychology---
Science News reports on new studies looking into what makes
male sex offenders tick.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103895
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---Social Issues---
A piece in The New Republic notes that the politics of
foreign aid may be changing, rebutting the widely-held
notion that foreign aid simply doesn't work.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103696
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War, bad government, and AIDS are compounding the effects of
a serious drought in southern Africa, reports Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103957
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Salon sees something sinister in the EPA's cuts to the
Superfund program for cleaning up the nation's most toxic
sites.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103993
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---Sports---
A New Republic article thinks it's irrational that we should
expect our professional athletes to be role models.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103651
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103651
---World Politics & Society---
A leadership change in China is imminent, reports Time Asia,
though most Chinese don't seem to care much.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104048
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