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...this sounds like bravado. But so did bin Laden's anti-American rants before Sept. 11. Al-Qaeda has agents in dozens of countries, including the U.S. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, to cite just three wartime American leaders, bent the peacetime structure of rights to avert national disaster. President Bush is right to follow their example. As Justice Robert Jackson said, the Constitution is not a suicide pact...
...Neil Franklin, 37, a former door-to-door salesman, knew nothing about the wireless world a decade ago, but he did foresee the changing dynamics of the workplace. In 1994 he founded Dataworkforce in his suburban London flat to supply skilled temps for the global cell-phone market. Today Dataworkforce has more than 300 telecom contractors employed in 54 countries by clients such as Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, AT&T, British Telecom and China Unicom. Assignments can last from two days to four years. "I always thought the industry would become dependent upon a virtual bank of knowledge, rather than...
...majority of the company's "virtual work force," as Franklin calls it, is from 29 to 45 years old and single, with three or more years of free-lancing experience. Many staff members are ex-military, ready to jump on a plane at a moment's notice. One U.S. team left the West Coast recently for China, while a Mexican team was heading to Southern California. Europe's lead in wireless technology makes its technicians desirable Stateside as trainers, while Americans rule overseas for their IT expertise. Workweeks can run to 60 hours or more, but the pay is hefty...
Yale marked its tercentenary this year, reaching a milestone Harvard celebrated in 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904 and a former Crimson president, was re-elected in a landslide...
...hour number, “The American Dream.” As the Engineer sings of that prized notion, a $100 bill appears behind him—an image that is obvious but not too imposing. However, as the song continues, coins gradually fade into the picture, covering Ben Franklin with the richness of quarters. The effect is laughable...