Word: internation
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Eyestrain is a far cry from the black-garbed, straggly haired hacker that has become a pop culture clichE. His short, black hair is gelled carefully in place and his fashion sense is more eager-intern than Neuromancer. But Eyestrain is as crafty as the iconic hacker when he jacks in as a dark-side programmer jamming code. The Philippines has a vast underworld of hackers, rooting through the Internet's depths while typical Web users surf the surface. But most of them, like Eyestrain, aren't so much malicious as stifled. They have skills, some creative flair...
...fairness to Bush, it should first be noted that his predecessor, Bill "Government Property" Clinton, was no foreign relations master. As the joke goes, Clinton's idea of foreign relations is sex with the Asian intern. The joke may be crude, but the point is real. In truth, Clinton's conception of foreign policy consisted, for the most part, of sweet-talking the world into liking him and, by extension, America. This was basically the same as Reagan's conception of foreign relations, although Reagan's idea of a foreign nation was New York...
...affection. Can you really get a warm glow from a place setting sent by a contributor you barely know who's angling for your attention? I'd stack my dishes on the floor before I'd accept a china cabinet from Walter Kaye, the insurance mogul who also delivered intern Monica Lewinsky to the West Wing...
Joshua I. Weiner '03, a pre-med government concentrator in Leverett House, is a former White House intern, current Institute of Politics Forum Chair and perpetual Saturday Night Live audience member. His column, which will appear on alternate Mondays, will explore the intersection of politics and popular culture, drawing on his unique experiences in both fields...
Pearson was raised in San Diego, where his father was a doctor and his mother a committed environmentalist. Pearson discovered his vocation while hiking around Europe after high school. He spent a year in France as a wine-business intern after graduating in 1984 from the University of Southern California at Davis with a degree in oenology. Then he moved to the East Coast and a job in a research lab. Before long he was hankering for the wine trade again. He studied for an M.B.A., then joined Hublein to manage imports of Baron Philippe de Rothschild's wines...