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...honors in their biographies will never include the words “Nobel Laureate.” And while I agree that Borges and Updike outshone—in influence, most definitely, and in skill, most probably—the likes of laureates such as Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson, there is no reason to give them laureate status now just so future generations of their family can burnish the trophy. After all, the quality of Borges or Updike’s literary output is in no way diminished by the fact that a prize was never received.America...
That’s not to say his work in the lab wasn’t fruitful. He has recounted meeting a Grinnell co-ed, Carol Martinson, “over the melting point apparatus in a make-up Organic Chemistry lab.” They would go on to marry and have two daughters...
...Allan Martinson, a venture capitalist, reckons that Estonia's true innovative edge is speed. "We're fast early adopters. We're very good at getting innovation to work," he says. For example, the whole financial system leapfrogged into electronic banking in the mid-1990s, bypassing all messy dealings with checks and other paper transactions...
...reckons it will have exhausted the local job market once it gets up to 350. Thanks to its hip reputation - and the package of eBay options offered to staff - it has managed to lure about 50 people from abroad. But other firms have a tougher time following suit. Allan Martinson, who ran an IT firm and has now set up shop as a venture capitalist, reckons that Estonia's true innovative edge has more to do with the willingness of the public to use technology than with any particular national skill at developing it. "We're fast early adopters...