Word: openings
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Patzer, along with his key engineers Matt Snider and Poornima Vijayashanker, built Mint using open-source technology, meaning it was pretty much free. They bartered legal advice for a little bit of ownership in the company. After Patzer's apartment got too small, the company moved into shared office space, renting cube by cube. They had a blog and e-mail campaign instead of advertising - and Patzer did a lot of press. For a young guy, he's very mediagenic: "Observe the world around you - everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do - solve a real problem...
...areas where Harvard is still losing money like a trip to the COOP. 15) The Polynesian dancers at the recent Aloha Harvard event. Although apparently we didn’t pay them enough to do the hula. 14) Picking out new couches for the Dunster Library, which is only open from 12-4 on Friday and Saturday. The four people who will notice this say thanks. 13) Boston weather will only permit us to sit in the new chairs in the Yard and the Quad for a combined total of about 20 days in the entire school year. Much cheaper...
...think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded.' JENNA HAGER, daughter of former President George W. Bush, on becoming a correspondent for NBC's Today show...
...open sea, a helicopter approaches a cargo ship of Eastern European origin. Quietly, the chopper disgorges a team of elite commandos, arguably the best in the world, who quickly subdue the crew and remove weapons unlisted on the ship’s manifest. This may be familiar as the opening mission of a widely popular modern combat video game, featuring Britain’s elite Special Air Service. Yet this scene may have actually happened recently —with Israeli troops...
...saying the guy should be kicked out of the House…but there ought to be some rebuke, reprimand, censure—something that will discourage that kind of conduct in the future. If you do that to the president, it’s open season...