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...follow-up project to Zuckerberg’s failed HotOrNot.com spin-off, Facemash.com, became an internet phenomenon in the same boat as multimillion dollar companies like Friendster and Tribe. And a sophomore computer science concentrator in Kirkland House, his detail-oriented roommate, and a mutual friend with an eye for business became Silicon Valley executives—de facto CEO, project manager, and CFO, respectively...

Author: By Kevin J. Feeney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Business, Casual. | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...marked by fear,” while a letter from five of Baylor’s 36 Regents (the university’s governing body, analogous to Harvard’s Corporation) said Sloan had given the University’s reputation a “black eye...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Controversy Echoed at Baylor | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...anti-communist policies in Central America. But if Negroponte and his wife hadn't ended up adopting five Honduran children, he would probably just as soon have forgotten his tenure there. The posting proved to be the black mark in his career. He was accused of turning a blind eye to human-rights abuses by the Honduran government; he says he saw no evidence of them. Just as the U.S. is being criticized for abusing and torturing suspects in the war on terrorism, critics are sure to try to make that period an issue in his confirmation hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's New Intelligence Czar | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

...foreigners holidayed in Dubrovnik (pop. 37,000) last year, up from 250,000 in 2002. "Dubrovnik is a jewel," says Ed Serotta, a Vienna-based historian and frequent visitor. He recommends a stroll on the 11/4-mile medieval wall encircling the city; on one side is a bird's-eye view of white stone architectural treasures and on the other a panorama of unspoiled coastline and open sea. "It will make your jaw drop," Serotta says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Adriatic Pearl | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...Killer Fly Instead of spraying another kumquat tree with insecticide, Taiwan and Hong Kong could consider turning to Florida for an eco-friendly way to fight their recent invasion of fire ants. The Sunshine State's weapon: the PHORID FLY. Phorid larvae, almost invisible to the naked eye, burrow into the ant's head, grow and eventually decapitate it. The flies themselves are harmless to humans and animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survival of the Fittest | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

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