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...with only an AP Calculus background. They have some psychopathic need to prove themselves to the world. Math 55 is for those who have been reared from the cradle to be mathematicians. They aced the AP Calc exam at age 12, but may be unable to pass a Turing test. Concentrators often finish requirements in their sophomore year by taking an introductory course in algebra, analysis, and geometry, or topology. After this, many students take graduate courses. The professors who teach each course change almost every year, and many junior professors are only around for two years. This means that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mathematics | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...alone a widescreen high-definition TV. Jobs announced that the movies for sale would be "near DVD-quality" with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Pricing will range from $10 for older movies, $13 for recent hits, and $15 for brand-new releases. In a first test, we bought The Incredibles for $13. The 1 hour and 55 minute movie-1.3 GB of digital video-took just under 40 minutes to download using a cable broadband connection. Viewed full screen on a 13-in. MacBook, it looked tolerably good, noticeably better than iTunes TV content, but it's hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple's New Toys | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

...When a group of surviving abductees visited Japan, Abe insisted they not return to the North. "From then on he was very popular on TV and among the general public," says Jun Iio, professor of government at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. This July, when North Korea test-fired missiles, Abe pushed for economic sanctions, and hinted that Japan needed to develop offensive capabilities to ensure its self-defense. The crisis proved a breaking point for Japan's traditional pacifist disengagement. Suddenly, the world seemed much more threatening, and the public moved closer to Abe's views, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Abe Enigma | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...doors where it is currently sold in the U.S. Not bad for a 140-employee company with $51 million in net profits that boldly gave its icon product?a moisturizer?the whimsical moniker Crème Fraîche, a name that might not have made it past a market test at a multinational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beauty: Euro Stars | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

Joseph Badaracco said of the incident that “perhaps Anna’s tragedy and the many others like it will encourage families and governments to take steps to test elderly drivers and get the dangerous ones off the roads...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Badaracco Daughter Killed in Crash | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

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