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Masanori Fujimori, a former IBM software engineer, thinks the metaphor is apt. He left IBM two years ago to launch a firm that produces software for multimedia. Cruising the Internet has been good for his business, with newfound friends in the field passing along specialized software tools and lining up profitable interviews for him with U.S. entertainment-industry figures. Now, in a small, smoke-filled room in Kawasaki, Fujimori is at his keyboard nearly around the clock. ``By meeting other people on the Internet,'' he says, ``you find out who you really are.'' For Japan's multimedia industry, that search...
...Haitian and American, Aristide appears a transformed man. Gone is the leftist firebrand who coyly refused to discipline the mob that brought him to power. Gone too is the self-righteous, mercurial contrarian of Washington exile. In their place is a man whom experience has imbued with wisdom, a newfound respect for dialogue and a deft skill for the politics of pragmatism...
...Harvard, independence is often accompanied by the relentless pressure of college life. Time off removes the stress of the academic year, and can develop this newfound independence. Dr. Catlin tells a story about one student who decided to take a year off, and took a job as a bartender in London. In this role, he had responsibility, but without the pressures of making seemingly irreversibly decisions about priorities. In his time abroad he came to see himself more positively and to have a more accurate understanding of his own identity...
...Foley's newfound energy, it is far from clear that he will win back enough voters by Election Day. Loyal Democrats in the district are demoralized. If the election were held today, even Foley's advisers admit that he stands a good chance of being washed away in the national anti-insider tide. Says Seattle pollster Stuart Elway: "People in the Fifth District have the loudest voice in America if they want to see some changes in Congress, or to send a message to Congress." True enough, admits a Foley campaign strategist, but he warns: "It would be the most...
Athletes from sports around the globe agree that with the title of "captain" comes certain responsibilities and expectations. The captainship also has been known to change players' styles with their newfound title. But just how will the status change Coughlin...