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...search engine" to meet the "global challenge" issued by U.S.-based Google and Yahoo!. The project's chief selling point is said to be a revolutionary capability to search as well as translate audio and video sources. But details are scarce: Thomson, the French company heading the endeavor, even shut down its website last week after details of the potential services set tech tongues wagging. A source who wouldn't go on record because negotiations on funding are continuing - unconfirmed reports put the initial bill at €1-2 billion - would only say that Quaero will go beyond Google...
...feel the heat. Unfortunately, Lamont is ill-equipped to take the pressure. Even on a good day it fills up like a zeppelin, the moist air circulating hopelessly from floor to floor. Ventilation is nearly as hard to come by as an empty seat. The windows are sealed shut and the dead fumes of unfinished papers waft by undisturbed, inducing headaches. I’m no engineer, but it seems to me there must be some way to solve this problem. Being able to open the windows would be a start, or recognizing that Harvard students blow off quite enough...
...opening remarks, Tribe said that while he would not offer a formal recommendation to the committee on Alito’s confirmation, he sought to prevent senators from voting with “their eyes wide shut...
...cuisine hold out? Chefs like Alain Passard of L'Arpège or Bernard Pacaud of L'Ambroisie stay true to their art even at the risk of alienating haute cuisine virgins by charging big bucks for food they don't quite get. Alain Senderens, on the other hand, shut down the venerable Lucas Carton, an establishment boasting the full three Michelin stars, and opened a brasserie on the same site. He now risks alienating adherents of his ancien régime by letting the people eat cake - a Sichuan pepper dacquoise cake to be precise...
...Senate, along with Democratic mayors and Governors, at the Library of Congress to unveil reform legislation intended to set the tone for the election year. The plan calls for a prohibition on gifts, including meals, entertainment and travel, from lobbyists and special interests. Democrats also say they would shut down what they call "pay-to-play schemes," such as DeLay's "K Street Project," which encourages companies and lobbying firms to hire Republicans to improve their access to lawmakers. Even Boehner said in a statement last week, "If I am elected majority leader, there will no longer...