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...stereotype of Grandma and Grandpa going to the community center to take a basket-weaving class doesn't stand up," says Ann Kirschner, CEO of an online-education company called Fathom, which is set to launch this fall. "What people over 50 are looking for is expertise and social interaction, as well as convenience and cost. The Internet delivers that like no other medium...
...stereotype of Grandma and Grandpa going to the community center to take a basket-weaving class doesn't stand up," says Ann Kirschner, CEO of an online- education company called Fathom, which is set to launch this fall. "What people over 50 are looking for is expertise and social interaction, as well as convenience and cost. The Internet delivers that like no other medium...
...Although the two countries have fought two wars over Kashmir and went to the brink of a third last summer, both also have compelling reasons to settle the dispute. Pakistan's basket-case economy is in desperate need of Western assistance, and Washington has made clear that this is no longer a Cold War entitlement - aid now is dependent on easing tensions with India and reining in terrorism. For India, there's the simple fact that the insurgency in Kashmir is bleeding its defense budget, while a military solution remains as elusive as ever. And Vajpayee's Hindu nationalist government...
...large number of the revolutionaries inevitably find themselves hauled off to the guillotine. The dotcom revolution is no different, except that, true to form, it has accelerated the process. The time it takes to go from hero on the barricades to zero with your head in a basket has shrunk to a nanosecond...
...most heated barroom arguments among sports fans is over the greatest performance by an athlete in a single game or match. Some argue for Michael Jordan's final game in 1998, where in the closing seconds he stole the ball and sunk the basket that gave his team the NBA title. Others would pick the "perfect game" that Don Larsen pitched for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series. Or Secretariat's amazing 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes. What each of these performances has in common is domination--a superb athlete taking on the best...