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...extreme manifestation of this trend, E. Gordon Gee announced his resignation from Brown University in February, succumbing to the allure of the Vanderbilt chancellorship and its million-dollar paycheck. He had spent only two years in Providence; Vanderbilt will be his fifth university presidency in two decades...
That, of course, is the million-dollar question. Wallerstein's answer is no, they'll feel worse. They'll feel worse for quite a while, in fact, and may not know why until they find themselves in court, deciding where their own kids will spend Christmas. It's no wonder Wallerstein's critics find her depressing...
...nation is most evolved. Where hip-hop artists once built a following through word of mouth at block parties and tiny clubs in New York's outer boroughs, today they're part of a multibillion-dollar industry that invents new careers week after week and launches them in million-dollar videos. In terms of sales, hip-hop, together with the R&B genre that it counts as a cousin, is the largest and the fastest-growing musical format. When the Fugees swept five awards at the 1999 Grammys, it was simply confirmation of a trend with which the music industry...
...This is a city of sometimes incongruous pleasures, an important business center set in what feels like a holiday resort-Frankfurt on the C?te d'Azur. The subtropical climate lures office workers to sun themselves in the early evening on the golden chain of Pacific beaches; million-dollar yachts chase rust-stained dinghies between the cream-and-green ferries on the harbor; ships like concrete office blocks glide under the Harbour Bridge to the container wharves, past tourists beaming over the gunwales of replica 18th century sailing vessels. The twin architectural highlights of Bridge and Opera House flank a modern...
...search instead of the usual flat rate, which is why they expect to turn a profit soon. They built the site with parts from 6,000 off-the-shelf PCs--huge, unruly piles of spaghetti wiring and lasagna-layered motherboards that actually run cheaper and faster than mess-free, million-dollar servers. And they refuse to offer the top-heavy extras you'll find crammed onto every other major search engine (stock quotes, sports scores and e-mail). The whole point of Google is to get you on and off the site as fast as possible...