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...Stephens’ body let him down, albeit briefly. He took the year off from Harvard to try out for the Canadian Olympic team, advancing to the Olympic training camp despite an early mishap at the 2004 Olympic Trials...
...completely refuse to engage and cooperate with Mugabe. The MDC should withdraw from Zimbabwe’s sham democracy. Yes, this would cost the MDC its voice in the Parliament, but currently that voice is effectively silenced regardless. If the MDC, with its widespread popular support and significant (albeit useless) representation in the Parliament, had refused to participate in the past elections, Zimbabwe would have faced a political crisis. Not even the ever-sympathetic South African President Thabo Mbeki could have deemed such and election fair. Instead, the MDC engaged in a futile campaign that only lent credibility...
...Those who knew of the plan favored it 51% to 36%, even though only 16% say they support it strongly; 52% thought they would personally pay more taxes if it were passed. Republicans were more than twice as likely as Democrats to favor the plan. One somewhat contradictory albeit understandable finding was that though Americans tend to favor the plan in general, they clearly oppose its major specific provisions. When asked about eliminating the deductions for state and local taxes, some 80% said they were opposed. Likewise, 77% said they were against having to pay taxes on any part...
...destructive hackers have some wit, albeit menacing. In a program called the Cookie Monster, the screen suddenly goes blank. Seconds later, the words "I want a cookie" appear. If the user types "cookie," the machine returns to normal. A few years ago, Richard Skrenta Jr., an 18-year-old Northwestern University student, wrote a virus program called Cloner. Every 30th time a disk containing the program is used, the virus harmlessly flashes a few verses across the screen; then the interrupted task resumes where it left off. "I wrote it as a joke to see how far it would spread...
...alternatively, Harvard baseball’s version of the Book of Job—albeit with a title somewhat harder to pronounce...