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...typically the only one in the bathroom,” said Bass, a second-year law student who lives—and showers—in Harvard Law School’s Gropius Complex. “It’s very uncomfortable. It’s just very uncomfortable...
...world, where companies like Viacom, the New York Times, Comcast and the Washington Post are controlled by families through a special class of voting stock. In all these cases, argues analyst Richard Bilotti at Morgan Stanley, the day of reckoning may be approaching. The businesses have become much more complex, especially at global empires like News and Viacom. If any start to run their business dispassionately, with an outsider as the leader and solely for profits--and succeedthey will "pressure everyone else to play by the same rules." But for now, anyway, it's all about family...
Millions of people fell in love with the customizable suburbanites of The Sims, which became the best-selling PC game of all time. How could veteran designer Will Wright top that? Answer: by showing just how adorably complex these creatures can be. In Sims 2 (for PC; $49.99), your characters grow older, pass on their genes to their kids, even die. They have life goals (like raising a family or raking in cash) and short-term aspirations (like making a new friend or buying a new refrigerator). You can make your characters look like just about anyone (one gamer...
Superstring theory, which has lately been renamed Mtheory for reasons that interest only theoretical physicists, is so dauntingly complex that the smartest scientists in the world are still trying to nail it down. But among other things, it provides for multiple universes...
...tons of munitions missing from Iraq's al-Qaqaa military complex since March 2003 [Nov. 8]: If you were planning a war and you knew where the enemy's munitions dumps were, wouldn't you send a missile or two right off the bat to destroy the enemy's fighting capabilities? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) alerted U.S. officials about the dangerous weapons at al-Qaqaa in January 2003. The proper question isn't, When did the arms disappear? The question is, Why weren't they marked for destruction before our troops started moving up the road toward them...