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...books everywhere. I notice a neon green book on the floor with the words “X-Files” in the title. Gould really is well acquainted with all kinds of science, I think. He can move from Ontogeny and Phylogeny to the paranormal in the blink...
Hajji Mullah Sahib does not so much converse as lecture. Afghanistan's woes, past and present, he argues, are the fault of malign interference by the Soviets and the Americans. Operation Enduring Freedom, he says, is a pretense for manipulating Afghan affairs. In a blink he dismisses the argument that the U.S.-led coalition aims only to eradicate al-Qaeda. "If the Arabs were terrorists, why didn't America just catch them?" he asks, instead of launching...
With computer chips used in so many products, new orders for them and for the equipment needed to make them faster and smaller serve as a leading indicator for the economy. A surge suggests that many manufacturers are ramping up. One risk: these stocks could drop 50% in a blink if the recovery is weak or delayed. And that's no long shot. Key clients like LUCENT remain financially strapped...
...Hajji Mullah Sahib does not so much converse as lecture. Afghanistan's woes, past and present, he argues, are the fault of malign interference by the Soviets and the Americans. Operation Enduring Freedom, he says, is a pretense for manipulating Afghan affairs. In a blink he dismisses the argument that the U.S.-led coalition aims only to eradicate al-Qaeda. "If the Arabs were terrorists, why didn't America just catch them?" he asks, instead of launching...
...This pessimism may be too murky. Japan changes more by revolution than evolution. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 catapulted Japan into the industrial age in the blink of a historian's eye, as did the post-war economic "miracle"?a word employed by Western commentators who failed to see rapid growth coming. It may be that the demographic and financial meltdowns Japan faces will trigger another volcanic transition, and soon. It may be that this change will promote meritocracy, protect the environment, modernize the economy, strangle the Yakuza, muzzle corruption and, crucially for my family's future, usher...