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...Idei's quest is for Sony to combine Japan's technical wizardry with America's creative panache and thus become the global multimedia entertainment company. "Something," says Idei, "like a Disney or Time Warner with our manufacturing base in Japan." That means bridging technology and entertainment, not to mention the cultural chasm between Japan and America. Ultimately, Idei aspires to create a global wireless network, a world in which satellite communications bring interactive entertainment to every living room and den. Says he: "Convergence is happening not only between audio and video but between computers and communication. There is a fundamental...
...second year in a row, the No. 17 Harvard women's soccer team (11-3-2, 6-1 Ivy) begins its quest for the national championship by facing the No. 20 University of Massachusetts Minutewomen (17-4, 11-0 Atlantic 10). The setting is the same--Ohiri Field, first round--but this time around Harvard hopes for a better outcome...
...contrast, many U.S. sporting events result in divisiveness signified by the "pennant race": two sub-divisions of a country pursuing the same goal. Consider the 1978 Red Sox and Yankees, who, in their struggle for American League East supremacy, embodied Athens and Sparta in their quest for hegemony over the Greek peninsula...
However, Bowdoin's record-chasing quest will be on hold until December as she recovers from off-season hip surgery. This means that yet another newcomer, sophomore transfer Crystal Springer, will be called upon to perform early in the season...
...Chubais and his allies claim to be out to put an end to the ?rule of the seven bankers? ? a popular quest. Cynics counter that this might simply mean that the new bankers waiting in the wings are growing impatient...