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...which tied with UCLA for second place, fell in the rankings in part because first-ranked Stanford had a lower student-to-faculty ratio as well as a lower acceptance rate and higher peer assessment scores—all of which figure into the magazine’s formula...
...order to enforce a cease-fire may not be his first instinct right now. The rewards - a meeting with Cheney, a starring role at the Arab League summit - may not be enough to persuade him to tempt the wrath of the Palestinian street. Moreover, the Tenet-Mitchell cease-fire formula would require him to disarm the very militias whose actions have helped restore his political fortunes...
...prevent all such brick-tossing. Undoubtedly the most remarkable of all variations on a theme, Herriman managed to create decades-worth of strips around these compulsions without once violating the ambiguity of the relationships or harm their possibilities as metaphors. One remarkable strip in the new collection deconstructs the formula as vaudeville. Krazy crosses the stage. A brick flies across the stage. Ignatz crosses the stage. Ignatz in Officer Pupp's clutches crosses back over the stage. Close curtain...
...formula keeps Dell's prices low and works like Miracle-Gro in the West. But in China, relatively few people use the Internet and fewer still have credit cards, hindering e-commerce. Transportation networks are unreliable, complicating Dell's direct-to-doorstep delivery service. Critics also said the Chinese wouldn't buy machines without test-driving them first. "We're talking about people spending the equivalent of two months' salary on a computer," says Theodore Teo, an industry analyst at Nomura International. "They want to take the whole family to look at it in the showroom...
...SPORTS AUTHORITIES Can We Play Too? Who was conspicuously absent at preparations for last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix? The fledgling Phoenix racing team, which was barred from participating by FIA, Formula One's ruling body. FIA told Phoenix, which came into being after purchasing certain assets from the now-defunct Prost team for a reported $3.5 million, that its entry was invalid because the group had not bought the "right to compete." The cost for Phoenix to qualify in time for the next Formula One season? $48 million. No such participatory problems for Mike Tyson. In spite...