Word: move
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There is no fury like a software engineer scorned. Zennstrom, according to his critics, has apparently decided that if he can't have Skype, nobody will. His court action hinges on the allegation that eBay tinkered with his proprietary software in a move to replace it, thereby possibly voiding any future claims the Swede might have against it or Skype. The Scandis see it differently: "eBay is trying to take from Joltid what it couldn't buy," says London-based spokesman Mark Bolland, noting that the webphone company's source code is something Zennstrom and Friis have always jealously guarded...
According to Amadio, the stolen art was stacked in the hallway of their home. The two owners had been planning to move out because a security company had refused to install a security system, he said...
...move to prioritize and preserve endowment resources at a time when budgetary crises are sweeping higher education sets Princeton apart from its peers. And the decision—which appears to defy calls for schools to spend more from their endowments to sustain services and employment—may actually reflect remarkable foresight and could strengthen Princeton’s future spending capacity...
...largest economy, a serious international player. He's stumping hard for a permanent Brazilian seat on the U.N. Security Council and more input from developing nations in setting global trade and economic policy. (He is also personally cheerleading in Copenhagen for the Brazilian bid for the 2016 Olympics, a move that may have helped convince Obama to head to Denmark himself to back Chicago's candidacy.) It's hard to keep a pristine non-interventionist tradition with ambitions like those - and increasingly, the hemisphere is telling Brazil that it's a tad disingenuous to insist that it can still have...
...accepting a nuclear-armed Iran. But military strikes are opposed by the Pentagon for two reasons: even in the best case they would simply delay Iran's nuclear progress, and they would prompt a backlash that could dramatically destabilize the region. Indeed, as a result, Iran could even move from its current ambiguous policy toward a clearly enunciated and accelerated nuclear-weapons program...