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...every editorialist in America has penned a piece decrying the overly long 2008 election, which actually began in 2006. It’s been condemned as a pernicious drain on the media, on our decency, and on our national attention. But it’s not altogether clear that this is true. After all, with the approval ratings of the current president hovering around 30 percent, we surely need to be careful about who we select as the next president. The country faces serious crises over domestic and foreign policy, and we should all closely examine the new crop...
Computer users are sometimes too busy or ill educated to recognize spam e-mail that can drain away personal information. Security-awareness training is only the first step, but it's a good start...
That's not a drain the BBC can tolerate. The BBC derives 78.5% of its $8.5billion in income from an annual $275 license fee payable by any household equipped to receive TV. In return, the BBC is obliged to cater to all ages and socioeconomic groups. "In a world of fragmentation, a world of more choice, of a revolution in how people are accessing content, one of our big, big challenges is to hold that reach," Byford says...
...problems facing their homelands. But many choose instead to apply for work visas in the United States and reap the benefits of the lucrative careers that their Harvard degrees make accessible. But despite the spotlight that seems constantly trained on financial careers and the issue of brain drain, Harvard graduates are not all aspiring to be i-bankers for i-banking’s sake. A corresponding “brain gain” trend is gaining popularity. For some students, this means completing the cycle in the most direct fashion—leaving Cambridge to apply their education...
Advertisements for the Macintosh emphasize its convenience for musicians, artists, web designers, writers, and other creative, alternative types. This makes the hefty price tag doubly tragic, since these demographics are hardly the type than can afford to throw money down the Apple drain...