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...course not. I conjecture that there would be universal outrage throughout campus; the Administration would certainly issue formal statements and launch investigations to discover the culprit; and the Undergraduate Council, particularly its President, would speak out against the oppression of someone who is not like the rest...
...Everyone involved knows the match will make history, whichever way it goes. Last year's virgin Deep Blue campaign brought chess its widest audience since the Fischer-Spassky cold war match in 1972. "Chess is of secondary importance to the wider audience," says Kasparov, who nonetheless hopes to launch a chess-themed Website called Club Kasparov later this year. "It's the social contest. It's about the machine...
...recognizing the Murdoch name, dutifully turned down the request. "'Wow, no!' I told her," Son recalls. "'This is one invitation we have to accept.'" Four weeks and just two meetings later, Son had convinced Murdoch that Softbank was the partner he needed in the $164 million deal to launch Japan Sky Broadcast...
Believed to be the 10th richest man in China, Yung has been well rewarded for his efforts on behalf of Beijing. Last summer Yung brokered a deal between British conglomerate Swire Pacific and the China National Aviation Corp., owned by Beijing's aviation authority. CNAC was set to launch an airline to rival Swire's Cathay Pacific; Yung prodded the British firm instead to sell the mainland intruder a controlling share in Cathay's regional DragonAir. In January, CITIC Pacific paid $2.1 billion for 20% of Hong Kong's British-controlled electricity company. Beijing denied this was the next step...
...story is about a young entrepreneur who (like McGowan) gets frustrated with the ineptitude of a middle-sized computer company (like McGowan's former employer, Silicon Graphics) and quits to launch his own scrappy start-up (like McGowan's Pantheon Interactive, an Internet design and consulting shop). "The first chapter," says McGowan,"was like reading my exit interview...