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...Verizon plan works, most of the phone companies in countries including the U.S., much of Europe, and Japan will probably follow with their own super-cheap plans. None of them can afford to lose wired home phones at the rate they are today. The $5 phone may not be as profitable as old landline products, but it is better than nothing...
...thesis about the nation while working toward a degree at Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In 1999, Des Forges was awarded the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Award for her work as an activist and her book, “Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda.” “She was fearless, courageous, the consummate professional,” said Des Forges’ colleague Georgette Gagnon, director of Human Rights Watch’s Africa division. “She was the kind of person...
...plant the illegal crop. Then he and his crew got to work building the set. At the first spring rain they planted the poppy seeds and started filming. Poppy-eradication teams tried to eliminate his set. Twice. Then the rains stopped. Poppies need water, and Barmak's hilltop had none. He dug a well. He brought in water tankers from 20 miles (30 km) away. Still, the crop failed, producing only a handful of limp blooms. Then a dog, specially trained for a key role in the movie, fell off a roof and died. (Read "Is the Taliban Stockpiling Opium...
...None of those things is a good enough reason to rent dozens of retail locations in big cities and hire staff to demonstrate products. Getting the launch of Windows 7, which is the financial future of the company, done right is a perfect reason to open as many stores to demonstrate the new software as is possible. It allows Redmond the chance to put the new Windows in front of people in a controlled environment with biased experts taking customers through features...
...front of a bunch of kids I would suddenly discover that I didn’t have “it”—I might not have the talent, the calling, the innate ability to handle a classroom full of kids. Looking back, of course, none of that even exists. I already possessed the raw materials—dedication, optimism, and commitment, along with reservoirs of patience and creativity I didn’t even know...