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...revenues, muster the armies and organize the logistics required to threaten the survival of another state. Soon this will no longer be true, owing to advances in computer technology, communications and weapons of mass destruction. We are entering a period in which a small number of people, operating without overt state sponsorship but using the enormous power of modern computers, biogenetic pathogens, air transport and even small nuclear weapons, will be able to exploit the tremendous vulnerabilities of contemporary open societies. Because the origin of these attacks can be effectively disguised, fundamental tenets of the nation-state will change...
...back onto campus is in order. What is Harvard waiting for? I call upon all members of the Harvard community to consider this issue. In my opinion, Harvard can still insist that the military amend its current policy towards homosexuals. However, it is high time Harvard finally shows some overt respect to the United States armed forces and welcome ROTC back onto campus. The two issues need not be mutually exclusive in a time...
...happening online too, as marketers look for alternatives to banner or pop-up ads. Some firms, such as Honda, IBM and Burger King, are turning to start-ups like YaYa to create "advergames"--online games that include a subtle or overt commercial message--to grab Web surfers' attention. And with the help of New York City software company ActiveBuddy, marketers such as Elle magazine and Capitol Records have created branded interactive agents that can chat online, provided that the Web surfers initiate the conversation...
...Sister Maria, God). Thwarted passion has always been ready fuel for romantic works, but it requires that someone actually show passion. We know how Tom feels about the changing moods of the South China Sea, and how Sister Maria feels about God, but we aren't given a single overt clue as to how they feel toward each other until Lanchester stoops to the positively Victorian device of a misplaced letter. Lanchester neither shows nor tells, infuriatingly keeping every important moment of emotional revelation offstage. That sort of writerly reticence would exact a stiff toll in a shorter book...
What makes Tomine's work difficult for some is the naturalism. He tells stories that feel more like short exposures of ordinary people's lives, rather than plot-heavy adventures or overt comedy. These stories don't begin and end so much as fade in and out. Tomine explores nuance of character as revealed by life's more typical crises: losing a job, having an annoying neighbor or flirting with someone you shouldn't. The best of the four tales in this collection, "Hawaiian Getaway," features Hillary Chan, a twenty-something child of Asian immigrants who loses...