When you feel theworldisclosingin on you try to find some time alone - even if it is only to have a bath - and learn to say no to the demands of relatives.
For Microsoft, the decline will most likely be slow, but for the possibility of reattaining its prominence intheworld of computing, its window isclosing fast.
Defense Secretary Gates, who is adamant about closingthe door on the world's only fifth-generation fighter in service, does not intend to be outmaneuvered.