In this issue: tips on the job search, some interesting
human experiments, and writers predicting bad times ahead
for the world.
---Business & Economy---
A Time Europe article reports on an economic matter that may
sound peculiar: retailers are fighting the E.U. for the
right to cut prices and have sales and promotions.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123567
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123567
Time Asia looks at the complaints of small-business owners
in China, who say the system is stacked against them despite
their importance to the PRC's economic future.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123657
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123657
---Careers---
Smart Money offers tips to those laid-off workers whose job
search seems to be dragging on and on for too long.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123735
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123735
---Computers---
According to PC World, price drops and improvements in
technology favor DVD burners over CD-RW drives for the first
time.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123322
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123322
In PC World, a brave technology writer volunteers for an
experiment: go without using a PC or the Internet for 20
days.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123574
---Gardening---
An article in National Gardening advises readers on how to
use climate zone maps to get the best plant-growing results.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123491
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123491
---Science---
A Wired writer recounts his experience in a NASA centrifuge
as a volunteer test subject for hypergravity experiments.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123720
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123720
---World Politics---
A war against Iraq could be the most catastrophic blunder in
U.S. history, according to an Atlantic Unbound piece.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123311
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123311
A Time Asia article says the U.S. could be courting disaster
by targeting Iraq before North Korea.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=123673
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=123673
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