Word: lydia
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...Ultimately, though, the creators of Dreaming Republic want to deliver the news in a way that will entertain more than depress. "People are tired of bad news but they need to know what is happening in the country," says Olga Lydia, the show's "special minister" and host. "We present it in a way that people will enjoy and want to watch every week." With millions of Indonesians tuning in, the show's producers hope the country's leaders will develop a sense of humor even as they realize that their decisions are often seen as no laughing matter...
...Alerts,” 3,000 lucky riders began receiving text messages or e-mails yesterday alerting them to route delays. “It will definitely be something that will benefit commuters of all ages and levels of work,” said MBTA spokeswoman Lydia M. Rivera, who added that the transit authority has been testing the system among its employees. Rivera said that the users in the initial, limited launch were signed up on a first-come, first-served basis. Similar programs exist in New York City and Washington, D.C. Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, professor and chairman...
...mystery user downloaded an average of 55,000 documents per day, according to Lydia Petersen, a content manager for HBS’s Baker Library. The user retrieved the documents at a rate as high as four per second, which led Factiva and library officials to believe that an automated script controlled the downloads. The use of such a script is prohibited by Factiva...
...goods last year, residents fought back. A February meeting--which featured Martha-made cookies--didn't prompt a withdrawal of the application, so the Katonah Village Improvement Society (KVIS) and two businesses filed petitions with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. "To the people of Katonah," said KVIS president Lydia Landesberg, "it felt like identity theft...
...Lydia Natoolo—a native of Uganda who lives in Boston and works with Resolve Uganda, one of the groups which organized the walk—noted in her speech that tens of thousands of children have been abducted in the midst of the region’s civil strife...