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...retrofit telephone networks for video and high-speed Internet. The sharp decline Bell Canada has sustained in its core fixed-line business is mirrored in telcos around the world. In the U.S., cable companies added 4.9 million voice subscribers in 2008, bringing their total to 20 million. By contrast, AT&T, Verizon and Qwest lost 10.9 million voice customers last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nortel's Nadir | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...resignation. But he's a reminder that if the PRI were to take federal power again, Washington would most likely be dealing with a less transparent, competent and cooperative government than Calderon's. Calderon has at least led a military offensive against powerful and violent narco-cartels - in contrast to the PRI's lingering reputation for cozying up to Mexico's drug lords. (See pictures from the war on Mexico's drug lords in Juarez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu: The Political Stakes for Mexico's Government — and Obama | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...That is in contrast to the more extreme actions of some other governments, including Hong Kong, where officials on Sunday urged residents to avoid going to Mexico. Hong Kong officials also ordered the immediate detention in a hospital of anyone who arrives with a fever above 100.4 F, respiratory symptoms and a history of traveling over the past seven days to a city with a confirmed case of swine flu infection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...liberal arts discipline and/or on writing pedagogy in refereed journal,” one writing program director with knowledge of the search, who asked not to be named, said that Harvard administrators involved in the search did not ask applicants to provide information about their previously published works.In contrast to previous directors, Jehn’s strength has been administrative, rather than scholarly, which Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris lauded but writing program directors at colleges with programs similar to Harvard’s critiqued.“He’s not very well-known...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Search, Expos Awaits Changes | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...that were the rest of the series. Throughout the novel, McCafferty branches into more unconventional forms. One chapter is written in haikus that alternates between the perspectives of Jessica and Marcus. Another section is entirely rapid-fire dialogue. These sections punch up the emotional power of the prose.They also contrast with the distancing effect of the rest of the book, a trade-off to access both main characters’ interiors. The climax is written in fragmented phrases from the rest of the series, strung together to suggest the onslaught of associative memory inside the characters minds. McCafferty...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Perfect Fifths' Picture Perfect | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

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