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...exotic, from bookkeeping to monitoring underground nuclear explosions. Computers control the flow of electric current for much of the nation, route long-distance telephone calls, set newspaper type, even dictate just how sausage is made...Because computer technology is so new and computers require such sensitive handling, a new breed of specialists have grown up to tend the machines. They are young, bright, well-paid (up to $30,000) and in short supply. With brand-new titles and responsibilities, they have formed themselves into a sort of solemn priesthood of the computer, purposely separated from ordinary laymen. Lovers of problem...
...medicine?" Added Prince Saud: "Isn't it better to give assistance to the families of these people, rather than to have the hate fester? What is shameful about helping families, unless you believe in guilt by association?" Prince Saud denounced the charge that the Saudi money is helping breed new martyrs. "Does this money, when it goes to the families of the suicide bombers, tell another boy or girl, 'Go kill yourselves, and we will give your family money?' This is ridiculous." But with the suicide attacks persisting, the Israelis are now playing up the alleged Saudi connection to terrorism...
...might add, how does it compare with the others the U.S. is facing? To many observers, it's a stretch to link any attack on Iraq to the broader war on terrorism. By fostering more anti-American resentment, a long-term neo-colonial presence in Iraq could breed a new generation of suicide bombers ready to wreak havoc...
However, despite the independent bookstore’s lengthy legacy and healthy business practices, it is a member of a dying breed. The number of independent bookstores has been on a sharp decline in America for the past 50 years. According to The Business of Books, by Director of the New Press Andre Schiffrin, New York City had 333 independent book stores in 1945. In 2001, there were only 76. According to publishersweekly.com, Harvard Square was recently home to 25 book sellers; now, only five notable stores remain. Evidence of this trend is visible in the soon to be vacated...
...workers working to repair the infested area “are going to clean old food that was not washed out and has collected in the area,” he said. That old food has been creating the “compost” environment for flies to breed...