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...dead spots. For about 15 minutes we were flying along the edge of a cell tower that did not have a strong enough signal to connect, so my e-mails sat in cyberspace limbo. Once the signal became strong enough, the mail went through. For trouble-shooting, don't expect flight attendants to turn into tech support. Dewayne Cook, one of the cheery staff on my test flight, referred me to the card in the seat pocket in front of me. "I think our customers are tech savvy enough," said Cook. Then again, such technical glitches every so often might...
...said Greene, who is also co-directing Galbreth’s honors thesis. “Working with her feels more like collaborating than teaching.” Galbreth said that after finishing her scholarship, she hopes to make her career as a professor. “I expect to go on to a Ph.D. and continue in academia,” Galbreth said. “Oxford will allow me to try that field in a more intense way and see if it suits me.” The Marshall Scholarship, which funds two years of study...
...typical David and Goliath matchup it’s clear what kind of competition David presents. But in this realm, inexperienced fencers do not move in the same ways seasoned veterans do. “It’s always hard to adjust to beginners because you expect them to react in a certain way and then they don’t react,” co-captain Samantha Parker said. “It’s a different sort of game you’re playing then. You’re not preparing your actions in the same...
...lifetime of 30-second commercials and trigger-happy video games, doom the few causes that actually do get our blood boiling. Say “cable TV” and we’ll salivate long enough to elect you UC president; but don’t expect us to give a crap next week. We won’t. But this time at least, after the results are certified, we’ll be left with the Class of 1967, their long-incipient laugh-lines and bloodshot eyes staring us rather callously in the face...
...Sharif's astute display of political theatre presages many more to come in the run-up to parliamentary elections slated for January 8. Few in Pakistan expect the poll to be either free or fair: Emergency rule will not be lifted until December 16, leaving candidates little more than three weeks of campaigning; several provincial candidates may have to campaign while under house arrest; and Sharif himself has been barred from running for Prime Minister. Rumors abound of electoral rigging, ballot stuffing and vote-buying. Given the fraught campaigning atmosphere, candidates are struggling to get the public's attention. Highly...