Then again, RIM has made no secret of its aspirations to push ever deeper into the consumer space -- a place where Apple shines -- and again, RIM's touch paradigm needs some serious tweaking, so maybe this guy is going to leave the Bolds and Niagaras of the world to the pros and attack the multimedia-hungry masses with an entirely different angle.

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Stevens' main liability seems to be that he is an affable, quirky risk-taker in the charm-challenged world of GOP political pros.

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At any rate, we're definitely looking forward to seeing this thing finally materialize so the Touch Pros and X1s of the world can start duking it out in those rough, dog-eat-dog professional trenches of the world.

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For the Mahathir-Soros debate has become a lightning rod for the pros and cons of openness to the world and the constraints it imposes on individual nations.

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Top pros such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy play all over the world and no longer are accustomed to a certain course setup.

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World Team Tennis, which features a mix of young up-and-comers, former big-name pros, and a few current tour players who make time between tournaments, markets itself as a fan-friendly league that wants the crowd involved.

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