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Traditional print media--magazines, newspapers, books--have used a lot of paper over the past two decades trying to chronicle the phenomenal rise of William Henry Gates III and his company, Microsoft. TIME alone has had Gates on its cover three times, first in 1984 and then again in 1995 and 1996, and our library tells me that his name has appeared in 114 issues since he founded Microsoft in 1976. It is not just that Gates has become the world's richest and most famous businessman. In building Microsoft, he has come to symbolize the software and computing industries...
...Muslim women in today’s Western society—an image that was prominently portrayed in last week’s Salient as an “advertisement” for the Fulla doll (the Middle East’s version of Barbie). After the Salient printed its ad, I was approached (as a Muslim woman) by many students with the same question: “Does this doll really exist?” So, for the record: yes, the doll exists; no, it does not speak, especially not those phrases mentioned in the ad. Maybe the staff...
...across Louisiana to "come back and work" in New Orleans, many angry former residents retorted that they were tired of hearing empty promises. "Before Katrina, the man used to give us straight yes and no answers, and we liked that," says John Washington, 40, an owner of a small print shop who lives in the city's Ninth Ward, perhaps the hardest hit by the hurricane. "But I guess you never really know the measure of a man until disaster strikes...
...come storming back and hammer at you until you change your mind or at least shut up. When he generously introduces you to the guy who runs Apple's iTunes development team, Jobs makes it clear that you're welcome to meet him but you can't print his name. Jobs doesn't want competitors poaching his talent. "You can mention his first name but not his last name," Jobs says. "How's that?" It'll have to do. The guy's name, by the way, is Jeff...
...Okay, maybe most are not as wimpy as me, but as a society, we have come to expect certain qualities of our print ads: visually eye-catching, the occasional free sample, a sniff of the latest designer fragrance. But the WB’s adding of a vaguely supernatural voice to promote its newest teeny-bopper thriller-lite, “Supernatural?” A girl’s got to draw the line somewhere...