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Some proud cell phone owners list their reasons for being owners of phones. John L. Lester '99 states somewhat dubiously, "This way I don't miss calls from other chicks while I'm out on dates." Waqaas S. Fahmawi '99 says, "I have found it to be a great asset to my social capital." Does everyone have phones just to keep social lives swinging? Or is it just that the Tamagotchi, "the original virtual reality pet," is passe, and now people are lining up for more pocket-sized...
...world they are inspecting. At embattled Carfel, Feldenkreis is trying to hold the line on layoffs. "That is the easiest solution, but it is not the long-term solution," he says. "It takes a very long time to train people. We don't operate many plants, so our biggest asset is our people...
...millennium. But there is a certain nobility in the independence of the Lords. The hereditary peers owe their position to no living person. They are therefore free to think and act as they choose. In British public life,which is heavily dominated by political parties, that is a valuable asset...
...most crucial asset for terrorists is instead their human resources--a large pool of alienated, relatively poor, predominantly male youths who feel their nation or religion is being unjustly targeted by outside forces, particularly American. What better way to enlarge this human resource pool than an apparently (to populations of such countries) unprovoked attack by the United States? The anti-American demonstrations that rocked the Islamic world from Bangladesh to Egypt following the air strikes serve as only the most harmless manifestation of the emotions that may lead droves of young people to join terrorist organizations...
...book's most powerful asset is its brutal honesty. It is apparent that Verghese hides little or nothing. He is completely honest about the realities of the horrors and problems he describes. A more simple yet vivid portrayal of the habits, methods and thoughts of intravenous drug addicts would be hard to find. Verghese obviously writes from experience. His characterizations of the various addicts whose lives he touches as a doctor of internal medicine are lucid, compelling and endearing. These are obviously real people, and they tell it like it is--from where they get their drugs to how they...