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...questions—that is by the use of overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact, it wasn’t obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...taken a hit over revelations that the company backdated options. Apple's board gave Jobs and his senior management a vote of confidence following an internal investigation into 6,428 improperly backdated options granted between 1997 and 2002. The board found no misconduct by the CEO. Nor, for that matter, have the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, but they aren't done. As part of an ongoing investigation, the feds may question Jobs as they probe Apple's behavior...
...surges another 20, 30 or whatever number he's going to, into Baghdad, it'll be a tragic mistake. But as a practical matter, there is no way to say, 'Mr. President, stop...
Without a conference tournament, the opening games in conference play in the Ivy League matter more than in any other conference in Division I basketball.With the automatic NCAA bid only going to the regular season winner, a slow start in league play is usually devastating, while a fast start can jump a team into title contention.“We have a young team with so many freshmen and sophomores,” said Harvard head coach Frank Sullivan. “What we have been trying to impress upon them is every game is a must win. Every half...
...Rubaie, the head of the Sadr bloc in parliament, described the boycott as a temporary protest, saying the move did not represent an indefinite withdrawal from the government. And politicians of Maliki's Dawa party said the Sadr faction was likely to return in a short time, perhaps a matter of days. But both sides seem to have lost interest in remaking an alliance since then. Sadr has made no meaningful move to rejoin the government, even as Maliki's office seemed to hold the door open for his return through November and December. Rikabi and others close to Maliki...