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...Intervention would only muddle the works. Google News is all about speed. There's no time for meddlesome editors to argue over what goes where. Google scans more than 4,000 news publications to build a rolling list of headlines based on what the computer determines to be the most relevant and current news. The site divides stories into eight categories including Entertainment, World, and Business, and refreshes the headlines every 10 to 15 minutes. What you see is a beta version - meaning it's not perfect and there remains to be some "fine tuning" of the algorithms. On Friday...
...McDonald's seems to be devoting most of its time and energy to improving its service, not its food. A company memo sent to franchisees in North Carolina in July bluntly summed up the situation: "We are meeting our speed of service standard only 46% of the time, and 3 out of 10 customers are waiting more than four minutes to complete their order. Our 800 number has confirmed that...the number of complaints...for rude service, unprofessional employees and inaccurate service has risen steadily...
DIED. BOB HAYES, 59, Olympic gold-medal sprinter and Dallas Cowboys receiver; of complications from prostate cancer; in Jacksonville, Fla. Hayes tied the world record in the 100 meters in 1964 and later took his speed to the NFL. He finished his career with 71touchdowns--and a Super Bowl ring...
...shot by a sniper; and in Gardez, two hours to the south, a video store was bombed and a rocket fired at U.S. special forces. These rocket attacks have become increasingly common, launched by timers as basic as a punctured water bucket fixed to drain at a measured speed and complete an electrical circuit, or as sophisticated as electrical boards rigged in Pakistan from VCR components and tripped by a mobile phone. Though the rocket arsenals are plentiful, the accuracy is far from guaranteed. And most Kabulis are probably grateful...
...year, or involve swanky corner offices—but, alas, few jobs are more suited to a Harvard student’s skill set upon graduation. Thanks to classes with long reading lists and no sourcebooks, the photocopying prowess of Harvard grads is stunning, rivaled only by their light-speed typing and gourmet coffee preparation technique. Harvard may purport to be training future leaders, but in practice, students have to log long hours with the Lamont photocopiers instead of being able to ponder great theoretical works...