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...promotion of several insiders. But along the way, Walter lost sight of the only constituency that mattered: Allen. Last April after Walter, not Allen, got the call from SBC's chairman proposing merger talks, Allen escalated his criticism, telling AT&T directors that Walter didn't grasp the complexities of the telecom business. By the time Walter faced the board to defend himself, its decision had been made...
...SLIPS OUT OF HILTON'S GRASP...
...soon became frustrated with his school work, which seemed to come easily to his classmates but was hard for him to grasp...
...Imperial China, the royal physician was forbidden to touch the Emperor directly. A princeling would attach a long red thread to the Emperor's wrist, and the physician would grasp the thread, feeling the Emperor's pulse at a respectful distance. Governing Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese sovereignty at midnight on June 30 will require the same exquisitely sensitive touch: an ability to understand Beijing from a distance, to sense what its leaders want and what they will tolerate...
...that although chess is extraordinarily complex, it is inevitably finite--there are always a concrete and limited number of possible moves. By contrast, humans face an infinite number of choices in everyday life, and here, brute force is not an option. Computers, then, will need to find ways to grasp the infinite if they are ever to earn the stamp of true intelligence...