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...action game resembling the classic “Doom.” While it was more popular than previous educational video games, its mild success owed largely to the fact that math took a backseat to entertainment. Kaplan has yet to divulge details about their latest product, but if “Math Invaders” is any indication, the game will have to lure players before it can teach them. Perhaps a game that expands vocabulary using visual definitions, so you can learn to define “impale” when you see it happen on the screen...

Author: By Jack G. Clayton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A New Game Plan for SAT Prep | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...brewpub with his longtime friend and business partner Nick Jenkerson, a junior at St. Louis University. “We were sitting out on the porch figuring out what we were going to do with our lives, and we came to the conclusion that we wanted to create a product that we enjoyed,” Jenkerson says. “There is not really anything better than opening up a restaurant or bar.”Eisele’s father notes that their family has a long history of entrepreneurship, and Eisele’s latest endeavor will...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Brews Unique Education | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

...started work on it, I guess, in July of 1999. We took a little office in Wimbledon, and Bert carried on developing the software, the product, the prototype, and I started putting a business plan together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting on a Market | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...Black: We launched a product that I was immensely proud of, because it just looked so good. You had all these fancy graphics - cricket balls spinning in from different angles, or tennis balls, or footballs, or whatever - which, I think, made a difference. It was very interactive, we used a lot of Flash technology, which was unusual at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting on a Market | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...NATO’s efforts helped rebuild former Communist countries on a Western model. As part of this effort, many former Soviet states joined what would later become the EU. Economically, Europe has essentially recovered from both the Second World War and the Cold War. Today the gross domestic product of the EU is higher than that of any country, including the U.S. The EU has helped Europe progress toward economic and political unity. Although some member states are still struggling, the EU can now effectively handle European economic affairs, as its success so far proves. The only function NATO...

Author: By Ellen C. Bryson | Title: Breaking Up NATO | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

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