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...course, regulators still need to ensure interoperability. Microsoft has a dire record of implementing rulings made by regulators - half its European Commission fines are for failures to abide by E.U. rulings - and some cynics warn the company might "accidentally" put bugs in its systems that cause rival browsers to crash. Thomas Vinje, a lawyer for the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a group of technology companies that includes IBM, Nokia, Oracle and Sun, says regulators must keep a close watch over Microsoft to ensure it doesn't drag its feet. "Our emphasis on enforcement is based on years of familiarity...
...self-proclaimed "abductee" reneged on his promise to take a polygraph test, the federal attendees left the gathering, skepticism intact. That didn't deter conference organizer Allen Hynek, founder of the Center for UFO Studies in Evanston, Ill., and a tireless campaigner to legitimize the field of "UFOlogy." "We need to stop arguing the existence of eggs and get down to cooking the omelet," he told TIME that year. (See the mankind's greatest explorations and adventures...
...exception to the FAS policy of late that dictates trimming spending wherever possible. Regardless, Dean Smith’s spending decisions are misdirected. Given the numerous cuts the university has faced since the unfortunate implosion of the economy and subsequent drop in endowment value, several areas of the College need future funds more desperately than professors and graduate students...
...report by the American Association of University Professors. When compounded with the level of prestige attendant to professorship here, most professors are deeply contented to be on the faculty of Harvard University. Similarly, many students are already eager to earn a graduate degree here; providing extra incentives need not be our priority right now. While the goal of preserving the quality of teaching and research at Harvard is an essential one, these raises will have little impact. Instead, Dean Smith should have directed FAS funds toward returning staff and services—spending for which the student benefits are much...
...Spatisserie's retro-Hollywood décor makes the experience all the more fabulous. It's appointed in ivory, lilac and coral hues, with leather chaise longues, wing chairs upholstered in silks and mohair, silvered mirrors, Art Deco chrome-and-perspex furnishings, and extraordinary flower displays. You don't need to be a client of the spa to use the Spatisserie, but you will be given seating preference if you are, so get a treatment - but nothing too vigorous, of course. We recommend the superlative Vaishaly facial ($155). The Dorchester is the only place that offers it outside of Vaishaly...