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What Fong did not seem to see, and what many white Harvard students seem to forget, when we complain that certain groups keep to themselves, is how many of our friends are not white. Often, when we sit in the dining hall, our non-white friends are surrounded by all white people. We don't even think about it. We don't consider what it would be like to be the only White person in a group. We complain that other groups self-segregate and that they must open up to us; but have we ever thought about being...
...this happen? Entrepreneurs have certainly come in for their share of the blame. But they are quick to point to other culprits. "Look at those start-ups that followed the advice their investors gave them," says ihavemoved.com's Komninos. "A year ago investors were saying forget profits, go out and grab as many markets as possible. Now, those backers are saying they don't like the way the businesses have developed and won't fund them anymore...
...Kiss that crummy era goodbye. A continent of 3 billion human beings is getting sexy and kicking the guilt. You can thank satellite television and globalization, and don't forget to say a sincere hosanna to the Internet, which not only allows wired Asians to hook up but also to find out about whatever may titillate or tantalize them. There is, it seems, a chat room for anything and everyone. Spouses seeking greater satisfaction, singles who don't want to wait until marriage, cohabitors, minority groups such as gays, lesbians, spankers, even the pimply schoolboy wondering if autoerotism is ruining...
...approach to life for many years has been ascetic, robust and provisional. Every mortal lives with the fact of his own death. Most people are not disabled by the thought; they are able to forget about it, on most days. We pretend we are immortal. And of course, we are--for the moment. People with a history of heart attacks, like me and Cheney, do, however, listen to the engine more carefully than most drivers. We cock an ear inward...
...Indians are as unlikely to forget the latest defense scandal, this time implicating...