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...founding constitutional principle. But this time is different: The AKP is far more popular than any of its predecessors; its landslide victory in the election last year - prompted by a stand-off with the powerful generals rejecting the party's nominee for president - was largely a response to economic boom times, but also a sign that Turks are tired of military interference in politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ban Sought on Turkey Rulers | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...trend is not troubling. In a report aired on National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday, one correspondent said that computer science programs across the country are facing an “enrollment crisis.” NPR reported that since the “dot-com” boom ended in 2001, the number of concentrators has been decreasing and now the number has reached its lowest national level. But co-director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science Steven J. Gortler said the number of computer science concentrators has been increasing in recent years. “I don?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard CS Profs Question Trend | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...trend is not troubling. In a report aired on National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday, one correspondent said that computer science programs across the country are facing an “enrollment crisis.” NPR reported that since the “dot-com” boom ended in 2001, the number of concentrators has been decreasing and now the number has reached its lowest national level. But co-director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science Steven J. Gortler said the number of computer science concentrators has been increasing in recent years. “I don?...

Author: By Seongmin Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard CS Profs Question Trend | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...Argentina as Latin American countries with bona fide industries. All have been aided in recent years by new government financing and generous tax breaks for businesses that invest in film - sources that made up almost a quarter of Paraiso Travel's $4.7 million cost. The movie takes the Colombian boom up a notch, into the realm of films like City of God that Latin American critics are calling la buena onda - a more consistent "groove" of first-rate moviemaking that showcases a distinctive Latin feel, a documentary-style realism splashed with artful devices like hopscotch flashbacks and colorfully detailed shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Honest Look at Illegal Immigration | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...what was once a local issue becomes a deeper question of private property rights and the good of the community.In the 1970s, Austin was still a sleepy liberal enclave in the middle of ultra-red Texas. The movie starts at the beginning of Austin’s boom and traces its transformation into the sixteenth-largest city in the nation with the third-highest growth rate from 2000 to 2006. In a brilliant move, the first part of the film seduces the viewer with Austin’s appeal—Willie Nelson, cowboys, and democrats—while...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Unforeseen | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

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