Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Jobs showed that locking the software to the hardware and focusing relentlessly on building a perfectly integrated system aimed at the customer, was the superior approach. He gave consumers a first-class experience and got to command premium pricing, protecting Apple's margins along the way. The iPhone is a similar story, though it's well known that having to deal with cellphone companies - giving up centrist control - rankles Jobs no end. (See pictures of the iPhone as it was introduced to the world...
...extra money is just part of the story. Along with the new resources come, at least in theory, important changes in the way the IMF functions. In the future, European countries will no longer have an automatic right to pick its managing director, as they do at present. And through a reform of its arcane shareholding or "quota" system, the domination of policy by the U.S. and other developed economies will give way to a more balanced system of governance, under which developing countries such as Brazil, China and Russia will have a greater say. The IMF's focus...
...Moon in clear skies has probably also noticed that the dark side is not entirely dark. The faint glow rounding out the Moon is earthshine: light from the bright day side of Earth shining on the night side of the Moon. Scientists have studied earthshine for decades - but Langford, along with her colleagues at Melbourne and Princeton Universities, decided it would make a perfect test case for detecting oceans and landmasses on a faraway alien world...
...come back.But a timeout from the Scarlet Pioneers would disrupt Harvard’s momentum, and Rutgers-Newark would cruise to a 30-23 victory after registering 15 kills to just five errors in the third set. Meanwhile, the Crimson finished the set hitting a dismal .045 to go along with seven errors.“Anytime that you can’t pass well, it’s tough to get the offense going,” Jones said. —Staff writer Kevin T. Chen can be reached at ktchen@fas.harvard.edu...
When a gang of criminals ambushed and murdered four Lebanese soldiers on Monday in the Bekaa Valley, they might have expected a certain amount of impunity. The valley - which lies just over Lebanon's Mediterranean mountain range and runs along the border with Syria - has long been a center of lawlessness in a country famed for its volatility. The Lebanese government - weakened by sectarian squabbling, rampant corruption, and interference by foreign powers - usually turns a blind eye to much of the drug cultivation and weapons smuggling that goes on there. But this time, the Lebanese army hit back. This week...