Word: logical
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Robert Wright is the author of The Moral Animal. His new book, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, comes out this week
Actually, it was one of Shaw's partners who interviewed Bezos first and urged the boss to meet him, saying, "He's going to make someone a lot of money someday." Shaw agreed, understanding that Bezos was unusual not only for his balanced intellect--he could handle complex logic as well as articulate his thinking--but also for the overall package: smart, creative, personable, precisely the kind of person they wanted. Over time, Bezos became a specialist in researching business opportunities in insurance, software and then the booming Internet...
...Domestic political concerns, rather than U.S. criticism, may yet restrain Moscow. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's comments on Thursday that the end of the Chechnya campaign was "close" suggest that the political logic that pushed Moscow into this war may now prompt it to prematurely declare victory. "The primary political objective of this war is to get Putin elected president next year," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And Putin's handlers recognize that as fast as he's risen on the success of Chechyna thus far, he could fall just as fast if the public begins to perceive that...
...flight-data recorder and cockpit voice recorder both stopped working when EgyptAir 990's engines were cut off. It seems that these recorders rely totally on power from the engines. However, logic tells us they should have an independent power source (batteries) for each recorder. That way data would be available up to the last minute. Am I right in assuming they do not have their own power source? ENRIQUE SCHONFELDT Delta...
...school's motto is "For Christ and For Liberty," and the only major will be government. The plan is to educate students through a combination of a classical liberal arts curriculum (which, according to their Web site, consists of "Bible, logic, rhetoric, composition, Latin, western civilization, American history, and a great books study of English and American literature") and a clinical experience program working on Capitol Hill with members of Congress. PHC wants to create a new generation of politicians out of home-schoolers...