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Acronym alert: The Japanese hosts wanted to make this an Internet summit (even though Prime Minister Mori only learned to use a mouse a few months ago), so the summiteers issued an Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society and promised to do more to wire the developing world. Beforehand, U.S. officials stopped talking about bridging the "digital divide" that threatens to separate rich countries from poor, but instead started pushing the idea of creating more "digital opportunity" for developing countries. Reason: At Okinawa, they announced they were forming a new Digital Opportunity Task Force, or DOT Force...
Others in the crowd had got tickets beforehand and had flown in from as far away as California, while those who lined up outside the studio had only a 1 in 50 shot of scoring a seat at the taping. If they did indeed come for the camp, the show outdid itself, though the producers' efforts were sometimes a bit forced. The contest was held at the dance club Webster Hall, and the theme ingredient, Dungeness crab, was lowered from a disco ball. "Do they get the joke, or do they think it's serious?" asked Flay afterward. They hired...
When a master expresses his or her intention to step down, Lewis creates an advisory committee that typically includes the House's Allston Burr senior tutor and representatives from its student population and Senior Common room. Beforehand, the dean of the College and the associate dean for the House system solicit suggestions for master candidates and present a final list of candidates to the group...
...activism that engulfed the University died down by the mid-70s," Jones says. "As a consequence, you didn't have a major campus-wide event or occurrence that you would've witnessed during the five years beforehand...
...Apply it 15 to 30 minutes beforehand...