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...little dance and watched a little guy do a little dance on the screen. At the time my thoughts were as follows: 1) Technologically speaking, this is a pretty amazing hack; 2) too bad the graphics suck; and 3) nobody will buy this ever. And 4) at least I got a free trip to Japan. And this was even before they told me the name...
...piece of real estate that won't be on the list, even though it is only partially occupied now, is GM's riverfront headquarters in downtown Detroit, a city that's now world famous for its industrial ruins. The Obama Administration has decreed the headquarters will stay downtown - at least for now - rather than move to vacant space at the GM Technical Center in suburban Warren. (Watch an interview with Ford CEO Alan Mulally...
...conduct research in his lab. Moran was surprised at the time that a physics student would seek out research in astronomy. “We are up here in the observatory—it’s rare to have a physics kid tramping through looking for projects, at least back then,” he said.Though Moran said it was a bit unusual to give a project to an undergraduate, he was willing to take Greene on.Twenty-five years later, Moran still recalls Greene’s extraordinary proficiency in computer programming.“Nowadays people...
...Commencement, perhaps too tardily—her institution deserves the bulk of the blame. Students, untutored and undirected, cannot be too harshly indicted for wanting to cash in their many talents for fortune, prestige, and power. The liberal arts should educate those passions, inspiring at the very least an awareness that the greatest goods in life are not simply creature comforts or those simple and low pleasures of the herd. And certainly, true happiness and “meaning” do not reside in satisfying the inclinations of the passions or unexamined prejudices...
...will assist the Boston public school system in its present hour of need. This year, the district will cut 900 positions, 403 of which are teaching jobs. As a result, class sizes will likely increase and students will get less attention. Federal assistance is needed, and at the very least, Congress should refrain from cutting federal funding for state aid that could be used to shore up school districts...