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...essence, would probably be a composite of a number of different people and their experiences that I encountered while doing the research for the book. I guess that's in the basic sense. He's obviously much more than that. But that's where the genesis of his character is. This person might have been in Uganda and this person might have been in Sierra Leone, and this person might have been in Sri Lanka, and this person might have been in Cambodia, but I'm trying to put all of these experiences into one character that will at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl Catches Up With Uzodinma Iweala | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...program in religion and secondary education at HDS, insists that the arguments of intelligent design should not be given credence as an alternative to evolution. “The proponents of intelligent design want to promote it as a theory, but it doesn’t follow the basic claims of science,” Moore says. “It’s not something you can prove.”As a result, both Moore and Edwards agree that intelligent design should not be taught in a science classroom as an alternative to evolution...

Author: By Sarah E.F. Milov, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS: Intelligent Design Finds Few Sympathizers at HDS | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...Harvard Law School yesterday evening. In his talk, “The Future of Software, the Internet, and Innovation,” Microsoft Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith said that technology research has declined since 2000 because the current administration is not focused on supporting basic research in the sciences. “Most of our company’s best innovations started out as basic research in our nation’s research universities,” Smith said. At the same time, Smith said, other countries are superseding the U.S. in technology growth because they...

Author: By Shifra B. Mincer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Microsoft Corp. Official Warns on US Technology | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...could be running this branch one day." On a recent morning, Ivy Washington is in front of a computer terminal at the Moree AES. The 54-year-old grandmother, recently widowed, tentatively taps away at the keyboard. Washington is near the end of a 12-week course to update basic skills. She's gained her driver's license, completed a first-aid course and would like a stint of work experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...improve health care in developing countries. A Michigan reader singled out Bill Gates: "Here is a man brought up with middle-class values, and he chooses to spend his wealth not nurturing selfish dreams and desires but working to ensure that even the poorest people will have their basic medical needs met." Wrote a Seoul reader: "Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates are remarkable individuals with a clear vision of how to make a quantum difference. This is not about giving money but about having an inspirational effect on others." A Kathmandu journalist praised the interview with Bill and Melinda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

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