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...give him a nickel. Sharma's Indian-American team, tethered by a broadband connection, gets his product in front of customers faster and cheaper. "As a business, you have to stay competitive," he says. "If we don't do it, our competitors will, and they're going to blow us away...
...role as global policeman and become a socially responsible world citizen. If the Bush administration continues to bulldoze through all obstacles in the name of global peace and security, there will be little left to rebuild out of the rubble. The cultural attrition in Iraq has struck a heavy blow to Iraqi reconstruction, eradicating symbols of cultural unity that might have served as the bedrock of a rejuvenated Iraqi national identity sans Saddam. Moreover, as the proverbial cradle of civilization, Iraq’s loss is a loss for us all, diluting the reservoir of world heritage and erasing pieces...
...doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize how soft money is inimical to America’s democratic process. Massive, unregulated donations give private citizens, unions and corporations undeniable leverage over the politicians and parties they’re funding. After all, politicians can afford to blow off the demands of a $200 donor, but they’re not going to ignore the guy giving them $200,000. The BCRA was supposed to curb the influence of large donors by limiting donations to individual candidates to $2000 and regulating the electioneering activities of advocacy and party...
...board members Roy Disney and his partner, Stanley Gold. The duo quit the company last fall, fed up with Eisner's alleged mismanagement, and are trying to persuade shareholders not to re-elect him at the company's annual meeting on March 3. Eisner suffered a body blow when Steve Jobs, Pixar Animation Studio's boss, decided not to renew a co-production and distribution agreement after 10 months of sometimes acrimonious negotiations. Pixar's computer-animated films, from Toy Story to Finding Nemo, have produced billions in revenue for Disney...
...might that happen? One of the most potent weapons produced by macrophages and other inflammatory cells are the so-called oxygen free radicals. These highly reactive molecules destroy just about anything that crosses their path - particularly DNA. A glancing blow that damages but doesn't destroy a cell could lead to a genetic mutation that allows it to keep on growing and dividing. The abnormal growth is still not a tumor, says Lisa Coussens, a cancer biologist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco. But to the immune system, it looks very much like...