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Common wisdom held that technology alone could explain the growth. After all, every large corporation in the country, and many of the smaller companies, invested in technology at a breakneck pace. All it took to increase productivity was a computer on every desk and an e-commerce store for everything, so we were told. Yet few saw the tremendous productivity improvements that were promised, something that many in the tech industry could have predicted. It’s an old joke among the technology companies that the only firms that know how to use technology well—with rare...
...Part giddy bird-watcher and part environmentalist railing against big business, Matthiessen can sketch the fleeting sight of a rare blue crane beating its wings against the African sky in a few lithe words, then explain in detail the ecological effect of modern development. (Accompanying Matthiessen's descriptions are Robert Bateman's evocative illustrations, a blend of photographic naturalism and warm impressionism.) Although the writer's encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world occasionally makes the book slow going, he has an eye for essential details that cut through the nomenclature. For example: the crane has had the misfortune to live...
...Washington on Sept. 19, she said, "Indonesia is always against violence. Terrorism is an act of violence so we will definitely fight terrorism." But back home, the fear of a backlash from Indonesian Islamic groups has her government whipsawing in its treatment of terror suspects. Megawati's dilemma may explain why, despite the testimony of its own intelligence, the government couldn't even bring itself to admit the existence of an al-Qaeda terrorist camp in Sulawesi, and still allows one of its leaders, a man connected with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, to remain at large...
...strange incident in Ryazan has never been fully explained. But Berezovsky's interest in the subject is as belated as it is unconvincing. He did not explain why it took him so long to conclude that Putin was aware of the bombings. As a prime mover in the inner circle around Yeltsin, Berezovsky prided himself on knowing exactly who was doing what in the highest reaches of power. He, like other businessmen-powerbrokers, collected information on rivals, friends and the Kremlin. He also had access to information provided by a security organization that was described in press accounts...
Rigiletto in a high school cafeteria at 9 a.m. and thinking ‘how am I going to make this relevant to these kids?’” McCarty recalls. “But when you explain the plot in terms of a teenage crush, an overprotective father, hot guys and slimeballs, then high school students can start to relate...