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...last.On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This sudden collapse marked the start of a financial chain reaction that reached across the oceans, bringing down parliamentary governments in Iceland and Latvia, and forcing the Hungarian and Ukrainian governments to appear hat-in-hand before the International Monetary Fund. We also watched—with some concern—as growth forecasts in several important emerging markets, like China, dipped for the first time in decades. We encouraged American and European policymakers to take aggressive action to forestall the crisis, and were supportive of the Bush...
...side projects, Randall said she spent much of her career focusing almost exclusively on physics—and she is enjoying trying her hand at new things. Those around her seem certain that she will choose her activities very carefully, as only the most enticing projects can draw her away from her research...
...other hand, the information revolution has provided concrete (if controversial) benefits outside the classroom. With the recent burst of social networking sites comes the criticism that we have sacrificed depth for breadth in our relationships. A fellow senior reflected on the discrepancy between Facebook and his real social life: “There is no way that I have 900 actual friends.” But this provides an overly restrictive framework in which to consider the new ways in which we interact online. We can distinguish between the “core” elements of friendship?...
...remember standing there on the corner of Oxford Street,” he says, pointing out the window of his office in Maxwell Dworkin, “with this box with the Mac logo on it.” His outstretched hand passes over bookshelves cluttered with titles such as “A History of Computing in the 20th Century” and “Operating System Principles.” On his walls are computer science charts affixed with masking tape and hangings of Japanese calligraphy. But the most prominent feature in the space is his pristine...
...order to serve a meal of nsima (maize), African women must first spend a season planting, weeding, harvesting, and storing their corn, then they must strip it, then winnow it, then soak it, then lay it out to dry, then carry it to a grinder or pound it by hand, then dry it again, and then finally—after walking to gather fuel wood and water—build a fire and cook...