We copped a feel of the technical beta of Microsoft's Windows Media Player 10, and beneath the slick new interface we found a Crying Game-scale surprise that has the potential to lure insatiable music grazers away from iTunes (which has now sold more than 100 million tracks).

For a few days, every morning visit in Highbury included some mention of the handsome letter Mrs. Weston had received. “I suppose you have heard of the handsome letter Mr. Frank Churchill has written to Mrs. Weston? I understand it was a very handsome letter, indeed. Mr. Woodhouse told me of it. Mr. Woodhouse saw the letter, and he says he never saw such a handsome letter in his life.”

The jumping mouse is little larger than a house mouse and has a very long, scaly, untufted tail, one-third longer than the head and body. […] In fact, various observers have found that jumping mice with injured or amputated tails tumble over and are as helpless as a ship without a rudder.

The Nationalities Solidarity also reported on July 6, 1958: “One of the two very first cooperatives in Hsishuangpanna, the Su-sheng Agricultural Cooperative of Ching-hung County, which was first formed in May 1956, had to face mass withdrawal from the cooperative in April and May 1957. Twelve of the 30 member households firmly wanted to withdraw."