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...compromised. Do the Google guys pay attention to what people think? You bet. During our interview, Brin pops out to look for the December copy of Wired. In 2004 the magazine had put him and Page on the cover with the adoring line GOOGLEMANIA! The recent cover, by contrast, includes the line GOOGLEPHOBIA: WHO'S AFRAID OF SERGEY? (WHO ISN'T?), touting an article about the enemies Google is making as it expands. Brin picks up the issue and shakes his head in dismay. "I find it surprising," he says. But that's what happens when...
...Irgun group, which was formally dissolved at the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Thus, despite his participation in attacks against the British army under the mandate, both the Likud and Begin were far removed from the activities and the ideology of the Irgun. A-Zahhar, in contrast, was elected in large part because of his recent promotion of terrorism; Hamas, which is recognized by the United States and the European Union as a terrorist organization, is not only responsible for hundreds of deaths, including those of Americans, in the past, but is also still armed and still...
...connected on 75 percent. Both of those marks put Harvard at the top of the Ancient Eight.Drawing contact on offense looms all the more large for Harvard this weekend, given that Princeton and Penn have the two best scoring defenses in the league. Venerable Princeton and mighty Penn, in contrast, are both flawed from the free-throw line—Princeton has fewer attempts than any other Ivy team and Penn ranks last with a .647 conversion rate, factors that could become magnified if either game is decided in the final minute. —Staff writer Caleb W. Peiffer...
...favorable deals at the profit of U.S. oil interests. Failing support from Beijing or Moscow, the current state of affairs requires the U.S. to undermine the Tehran regime on its own. The ties between the elites in Iran and fundamentalist terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda are undeniable, and in contrast with the Iraqi case, their pursuit of nuclear technology for military purposes becomes clearer every day. Having witnessed Tehran’s ambiguity and deceptive response to IAEA demands, it is clear that naïve hope for regime change cannot guide U.S. foreign policy any longer...
...terms. In Britain and similarly structured polities, a no-confidence vote can resolve the deadlock between the prime minister and Parliament. Either the prime minister wins a parliamentary majority in the subsequent election, or the popular vote leads to a new leader in office. At Harvard, by contrast, the confidence motion comes from a body that is itself unelected. As a result, the no-confidence motion initiated by Ryan would not necessarily resolve the deadlock between president and Faculty. If anything, it could deepen the crisis. DUMA ON THE CHARLES Historically, some Harvard presidents have left office on less-than...