His misgivings have an echo in the criticisms of genetically modified food today.

ECONOMIST: Of a practical nature

Other options are very handy, like the option to have the Echo take you directly to Recorded TV when it is turned on -- rather than the main menu, which is the default in Media Center.

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But, for Saudis, these are far-off horrors that have found no echo in the kingdom itself.

ECONOMIST: Abdullah and the ebbing tide