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...with half a dozen journalists, displaying the same self-confidence, modesty and British-accented speech. He parried questions as if he had been doing so all his life, instead of literally for the first time. He has stepped smartly into his new role, and insists that Jordan will not alter significantly. "I have my own areas of interest, the economy, things I'd like to concentrate on as things settle down," he said. "But you are not going to see anything different. His Majesty has given me a mission, and I will carry it out to the letter...
Although the total number of requests also include those from Faculty and staff--who may use PINs to alter course Web pages, for example--Osterberg said he estimates 80 to 90 percent of the requests came from students...
...very least, however, China's new military tools will alter the balance of power in Asia. Explains Ralph Cossa, who heads the Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies in Honolulu: "China isn't trying to project power to San Francisco Bay. It's trying to project power to the South China Sea." Though China's leaders may want to restore their nation to its traditional Middle Kingdom status as Asia's dominant power, they must still face a formidable U.S. military presence in the Pacific. That doesn't necessarily mean war, but it almost certainly means more tension...
JESSE'S WORLD Anyone who feared that former wrestler Jesse Ventura (with his ice-cream alter ego, left) would be an insensitive brute can be reassured that in his early days in office the Minnesota Governor has practiced politics with a very, very personal touch. Some highlights...
...computer industry wanted to rock the boat. And no one could alter the course IBM had set, not even the International Standards Organization, which adopted the four-digit date standard in the 1970s. The Pentagon promised to adopt century-friendly dates around 1974, then sat on its hands. Bemer himself wrote the earliest published Y2K warnings--first in 1971, then again in 1979. Greeted by nothing but derision, he retired in 1982. "How do you think I feel about this thing?" says Bemer, now an officer at his own Y2K software firm. "I made it possible to do four digits...