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...work I came here to do will be happening at a slower pace and intensity as announced by [University President Drew G.] Faust last December and that reality led to today’s announcement," Gordon wrote in an e-mailed statement...
...What They're Restricting in South Korea: In an attempt to crack down on video-game addiction, South Korea is setting a curfew for online play. Underage players will have to abide by an automated blackout period after midnight and become accustomed to slower connection speeds after long periods of use during earlier hours. While currently limited to a handful of games, the "slowdown" plan will eventually apply to the 19 role-playing titles that comprise 79% of the nation's online-gaming market. A recent survey of 1,500 South Korean public-school students found that 29.3% of them...
...times as fast as the typical connection available in the U.S., which ranks 22nd in the world in network speed, according to Akamai, an Internet-analytics firm. The Google guys are doing this to help spur the U.S. to overtake Romania and other we-can't-believe-we're-slower-than-they-are countries...
...leadership trying to thread the passage between these extremes. Hu, for instance, has pivoted the nation's foreign policy away from older, slower-moving ideas like "Bide our time, get something done" and toward what are called the four strengths. China, Hu says, must deploy political influence, economic competitiveness, an attractive image and moral force in diplomacy. In so many words, Hu's strategy suggests, China must use what strength it can to make sure it isn't being done to again. It wouldn't let itself be done to at the climate-change summit in Copenhagen...
...Some slower scenes, such as the time Ronnie spends with her father in the hospital, reveal that Cyrus has the acting chops required for embracing a three-dimensional role. In general, these few moments are all too brief. However, to the film’s credit, Cyrus’ interactions with her on-screen father do become more natural as the film progresses...