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...three words, describe the ideal president of Harvard. JR: [Long pause.] I would say: visionary, broadly-educated—if I can count that as one word—and [pause] responsive. FM: And three words to describe President Summers? JR: Oh, that’s kind of mean. FM: Fair enough. I’ll ask another mean one. What is most annoying about President Summers? JR: I suppose it’s a certain impatience he has that’s most annoying. But I don’t think that’s at the heart...
...main impetus behind the emergence of a unique, musically innovative "Nintendo sound."As a genre, Nintendo music was notable for its ability to circumvent its own apparent limitations, using techniques strangely reminiscent of Baroque-era compositions. Harpsichords, like early pulse-wave synthesizers, don't have a very broad dynamic range, and the intimate chamber music then in vogue left little room for large orchestral instrumentation. The resulting musical trends are strikingly similar to the music of Nintendo composers. Since subtle variations in volume are less likely to be noticed, Baroque composers highlighted virtuosic intertwining harmonies, wrote pieces that avoided monotony...
...don’t want to have the situation where in a year or two years we need to make the same plea,” said Hinkle. He is optimistic about the film group’s future because of the broad support he has seen for the foundation since the start of the campaign...
Often identified as one of the most aggressive critics of international law, Yoo has come under fire in recent months for his support for broad presidential authority during wartime. After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Yoo was one of the few members of the Justice Department who had a great deal of experience with war powers, according to The New York Times, and it was in his role as a deputy assistant attorney general in the department’s Office of Legal Counsel that he wrote a series of legal opinions arguing that the Bush administration could disregard...
...recent afternoon he sits with his team in a conference room brainstorming new applications. Google Earth has to be seen to be appreciated: it seamlessly brings together images of the globe taken from above. You can zoom in to see your house or pull back for a broad view of the city or the country or the world. Google is trying to figure out how to make money from the free service, and for now it is throwing engineers at the problem. It's similar to Google's origins: first perfect the technology, then figure out the business plan. Ohazama...