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...millions to help their kids leapfrog into the 21st century. It's an ambitious project, but the charismatic Negroponte has a persuasive pitch and a knack for fund raising. With the support of the U.N., his so-called $100 laptop quickly found backing from, among others, Google, Red Hat, Advanced Micro Devices and Nortel. His team is still making prototypes, but a finished motherboard was delivered in April. A wind-up crank has been replaced by a new foot pedal to supply power in areas lacking electricity. "The actual decision to make millions of laptops will happen sometime in December...
...last days at West Point, I watched from the stands as the class of 9/11 took the art of parading to its farcical zenith. A high wind had blown a tall plumed hat off one of the lead cadets, forcing the hundreds who followed in box formation to try to step over it without glancing down or altering their parade stride. As you might imagine, that did not work out very well. Cadet after cadet ended up stumbling over a hat that could have easily been picked up and tossed...
Even the West Point parents in attendance couldn't help laughing a bit at these proud ranks being hobbled by a lone hat. But as I watched, I finally figured it out: these things that West Pointers do--parading in unyielding formation, shining already gleaming boots, enlisting to sacrifice their lives on some unknown and unloved territory far from home--are done not out of foolishness but out of faith. They have faith that American values and resourcefulness do not lend themselves to meaningless death...
...wanted to end the game in the first quarter.” Harvard amassed an 8-2 advantage by the end of the first half before cruising to an easy 17-5 win. Juniors Brian Kuczynski and Michael Byrd and freshman Spencer Livingston each recorded hat tricks on the night. Sophomore Jay Connolly and freshman Nikhil Balaraman shared time in goal. Connolly notched five saves while Balaraman marked four in the winning effort. —Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...
...coat made entirely of fur. Subtlety is key, and fur should appear only sparingly. That way, no one will compare you to a creature from “Star Wars.” 2) “Dr. Zhivago” is overrated. Therefore, do not wear a fur hat with your fur coat. 3) Do not wear a pink, fake fur hat to the MTV Video Music Awards and then marry Tommy Lee again. That is bad decision making. —Columnist Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...