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...that have a relatively low probability of failing - say, 10% - an unskilled manager has a 90% chance of making good. But if the bet does go south, the industry's fee structure, which often includes 2% of investors' money plus another 20% of profits, ensures that the manager will walk away from the wreckage rich, even if his investors...
...Gadgets and Gizmos Your "Best Inventions" item on the Biochemical Energy Harvester suggests that if we strapped two of these generators to our knees we could produce five watts of power as we walk [Nov. 10]. Doing this for a little more than an hour a day would generate two kilowatt hours in a year. That would represent a saving of about 17 cents on an annual power bill. As my own bill exceeds $1000, such a tiny "saving" is amusing to contemplate. It is less amusing when we recognize that energy is needed to make this device. I estimate...
...mother explained his injury to me. He was in Sadr City, in an uncovered truck, when a bullet entered his shoulder from above. How it didn't hit a major artery, I'll never know. And now Tomas is paralyzed from the nipples down. Tomas can't walk. Tomas can't cough. Tomas throws up every morning...
Rumor had it that the seven-minute walk from the Charles to Widener was soon to be instantaneous, as Google launched its bold book-scanning project. Seen by many as a noble, if dauntingly large venture, the project promised to provide accessibility and protection for the world’s literature in digital form. Unfortunately, over 300 publishing companies did not agree; and their opposition found legal sanction in a 125 million dollar settlement, halting the scanning of material still under copyright. Harvard University, which has been cooperating with Google and four other libraries, decided to extract itself from...
...seat across from me, beaming when our eyes met. Or maybe it was the word “Obama” that was shouted and whispered and passed from hand to hand down the subway carriage like the watchword we had all been waiting for. We all seemed to walk a little taller, as though we were the ones who had done something to be proud...