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Zuckerberg chose to make the best of the situation. He skied with a backpack and tucked his petite Sony VAIO laptop inside. (Not unusual: without it, he says he feels naked.) When he got a call that something was wrong with the site, he skied to the base, sat down, established a wireless internet connection, and started programming...
...willful choices, that they?re some intrinsic part of our personalities. But in reality, we choose our likes and dislikes to define our identities. You don?t just happen to like chocolate, horses, long walks on the beach and cuddling, and hate rude men. At some age you chose to like Led Zeppelin because it helped you fit with the group you wanted to be in, or Grand Master Flash because it made you seem quirky. And in 1980, at 9 years old, after the U.S. defeated the Soviet Union, I chose hockey. Not so much to be patriotic...
Sabanci makes history daily as the first woman heading a conglomerate in a conservative, largely Muslim society. Turkish billionaire Sakip Sabanci chose his niece last May to succeed him at the helm of the $12 billion Sabanci Holdings, whose businesses include food, energy and retail. Renowned as an internationalist for forging a $100 million joint venture with DuPont, the charismatic Güler plans to further Sabanci's global reach. What's it like being a woman in a man's world? "It was hard for the first five years. But once I got over that psychological hurdle, there...
...endowed chair leads a tenuous life and must often take cover behind a shield of anonymity. The unknown professor who took Summers’ apologies to be disingenuous, the “senior faculty member” who speculated on his future—these endangered souls chose a safer path than their colleagues, who went on-the-record for The Crimson and will presumably be shot at sunrise...
Though over 60 professors were contacted for this article, few chose to respond or comment publicly on the controversy...