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...both, simultaneously. The jury is still out. And may always be out. This ambivalence is simply the dualism of the world, the secret of its magnetic fields, its gigantic plus and stupendous minus. We split the atom, and what was the moral meaning of Hiroshima? The lives saved? Or the lives incinerated...
Near-identical domain names are easy to obtain. Banks have also been a frequent target of spoofers. Bank of America got wwwbankofamerica.com taken down--its domain name, minus the dot after www--but not before some customers were tricked into entering financial information...
About the poll: From a telephone poll of 1,031 adult Americans taken for TIME/CNN on May 23-24 by Harris Interactive. Sampling error plus or minus 3.1%. "Not sures" omitted...
...some artists (and, of course, their fans), summer is also nostalgia season. Roxy Music, minus original band member Brian Eno, should draw crowds with its reunion tour, the band's first live performances since 1983. Other acts on the road include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Beach Boys and Bill Wyman (without the Stones) and David Gilmour (without Pink Floyd.). Still other veteran artists mix longtime favorites with new chart-topping music. Madonna, Bon Jovi and U2 have all had huge hits in recent months, and all three have huge tours this summer, with Madonna's first tour...
...ultimate fit minus two things. The committee looked long and hard at Bollinger—his intelligence, his questioning mind, his grand plans attracted them all—but no matter his brilliant ideas and wonderful personality, he had two fatal flaws in their mind. At 54, Bollinger was just too old. The committee wanted someone who could hold the job for 15 or 20 years, like the great presidents Bok and Eliot. After all, only 26 people had served as president in Harvard’s 365 years. Secondly, Bollinger had no Harvard degree—and thus would...