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...decided to bring it to the U.S. The beta test launched last fall, and already the company has thousands of "agents" ready to provide you with anything from movie times and train schedules to the type of pen Bob Dole holds in his hand. (Answer: sometimes it's felt-tipped, sometimes ballpoint, and occasionally it's a pencil.) (See pictures of the cell phone's history...
...extraordinary day certain to join our mystic chords of memory. When the chief justice rendered “faithfully” the successor to the word “president” and not the predecessor of the word “execute,” I felt betrayed of the perfection promised not by the historic character of Barack Obama’s inauguration but by the Constitution itself. Time was hardly “out of joint”—Hamlet’s famed remark, coincidentally, was also associated with taking an oath?...
...Center on Saturday. After dropping its first contest to the fourth-ranked Ducks, the Crimson came out ahead in the next three games for a 3-1 win overall (23-30, 32-30, 30-27, 30-27). “Once we had a game under our belt we felt a lot more comfortable,” junior co-captain Gil Weintraub said. “We have a home crowd and we use it to our advantage. Once we started rolling, the Crimson in motion stays in motion.” In the first game, Stevens dominated both sides...
Nevertheless, the tremors are being felt across hundreds of Mexican indigenous communities that use forms of bride prices - which can include farm animals and soda as well as cash and beer. The Greenfield incident is the most high-profile U.S. court case ever to involve an indigenous Mexican marriage, and its resolution could set a precedent. Critics in Mexico have jumped at the chance to attack a practice they see as abusive to human rights. Defenders have warned against bashing Indian customs and called for understanding "cultural relativism" - a concept that sparks passionate pleas from anthropologists and searing scorn from...
...having deemed it no longer profitable, said Lynne A. Taylor, an independent consultant for the company. According to Taylor, the Harvard Square restaurant "was hanging by a thread," with its sales unable to sustain its operating expenses, particularly in the face of an economic downturn. She said that investors felt that Zebny "badly mismanaged" the businesses. "Everybody who had invested in them did not feel confident in his management ability," she said. Zebny could not be reached for comment yesterday. While the new management was in the midst of taking care of the closure and liquidation of the restaurant...