Get Smart
The James Bond craze of the 1960s produced a host of spy heroes eager to cash in on the popularity of 007. Some were slavish imitations, but others reflected a willingness to poke fun at the...
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Steve Carell knows how to use a shoe phone. Not only did he grow up watching "Get Smart," but he's made calls with the device as secret agent Maxwell Smart in the movie remake of the 1960s TV show....
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Apple Inc.'s iPhone has shaken up the "smart phone" business and set other manufacturers scrambling to add features and make it easier to get e-mail, surf the Web and enjoy music and movies on a ce...
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's biggest contribution as a Miami football player might have come in a game against Florida State, when he sacked Seminoles' star Charlie Ward to spark the Hurricanes."Tur...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of film and
television production workers, joined by florists, caterers and
dry cleaners, marched through Hollywood Sunday to urge both
sides in the screenwriters ...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
'GET SMART' IN WASHINGTON (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
Imagine this scenario: U.S. intelligence against al Qaeda has
declined by t...
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The son of a Boston University professor who has been a critic of the war was killed in Iraq, the Defense Department said Monday.First Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich was the son of Andrew J. Bacevich, an i...
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During your next performance appraisal, forget sitting passively while the boss ticks off your pluses and minuses. Listen and learn, but also use the appraisal to outline your goals, say workplace ...
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They come for anime and original comic-book art. They come for video games, collectible figurines and to show off their "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings" costumes. They might even come to buy a wi...
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Munich (dpa) - There's one feature of today's powerful personal
computers that's seldom advertised: noise. Mind numbing noise. Noise
so bad, at times, that you can't concent...
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CANBERRA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Australia's election has become
a war of bytes, with Labor challenger Kevin Rudd swooping on
the Internet's high ground to build an army of young supporters
and a Faceb...
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