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...line of TV kids' comedy that stretched from Pinky Lee and Kukla and Fran and Ollie in the early '50s to Pee-wee Herman in the '80s - and which is all but extinct today - Sales was the sweetest and goofiest performer. Outfitted in a sweater and bow tie, his elastic features sporting a nonstop smile, as if he were laughing at his last or next joke, Sales was a Mr. Rogers for kids who didn't watch PBS. Yet there was educational value to his work. Dipping deep into the stock of humor that had sustained stand-up comics from...
Google Wave is, in short, a remarkably full-featured collaboration and communication tool, powerful enough for enterprise customers and easy enough for civilians. It's also a warning shot across the bow of pretty much every software company anywhere. It's amazing how many people's grills Google is getting up into with this single product. It's real time like AIM and Twitter (and it can talk to Twitter by importing and exporting tweets). It's social and shares media, like Facebook. Anybody who makes an e-mail client or collaboration software should be paying attention to Wave. This...
When in doubt, look at the boats’ numbers. “Each boat has a bow number, and if you see one that’s really out of order, they’ve been passing a lot of boats,” advises Amanda C. Pfabe ’10, the other Women’s Lightweight Co-Captain...
...think you're best remembered for it? Because I'm so sassy. Most people worship at their shrine. They bow and scrape, and I say, "Who's this?" I sound very sophisticated, but I'm not. I've seen photographs of myself with my mouth open and wide-eyed when I see the President, and I say to myself, I'm not that jaded. I can tell I'm a fraud...
...Maybe it's the bow tie, his Alabama drawl or his professorial demeanor, but when Jim Rogers speaks, even those who disagree quietly rethink their positions. People who challenge him are playfully mocked. Responding to one young business type in the crowd who questioned his thesis, Rogers advised him to "head down to Texas A&M and offer to trade in your M.B.A. for one of their agricultural degrees." Become a farmer, he advised the guy: "You'll make out better than you will with your M.B.A." The man tried to respond but was drowned out by laughter...