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...runaway slave who became a Presbyterian minister in Princeton, N.J., Paul showed grit from early manhood. When he went out for the Rutgers University football team, other players beat him up and pulled out his fingernails; he bore the abuse to prove his worth, and when he graduated he was a two-time All-American and the school valedictorian, exhorting his classmates to "catch a new vision." Robeson did. Four years later he was starring for O'Neill, giving the first concert composed entirely of songs by African Americans and playing the two lead roles (as a philandering preacher...
...every irresistible force, there's an immovable object. Dell may be about to bump up against his: Beijing-based Legend Computer. Legend is the runaway PC leader in China, a country that represents one of the planet's last great I.T. sales opportunities. Despite relatively low penetration rates, China's $10 billion computer market is already the third largest in the world; within a few years it is expected to move past Japan and become second only to the U.S. For computer companies, success on the mainland is becoming increasingly crucial as markets in developed countries reach saturation. Last year...
Person of the Week RUNAWAY VICTORY The official results said he got more votes, but Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's win in the nation's contentious election is far from settled. The opposition is screaming electoral fraud and Western governments are giving his regime the cold shoulder?but does Mugabe care...
...before inflation) to $18.3 billion today. Although Harvard is certainly not alone in tuition hikes far outpacing inflation—many top private Universities have similar tuition histories—this fact is less an excuse for Harvard than evidence of a nation-wide malady. Whatever the causes of runaway tuition at the national level, the result is that Harvard has little incentive to keeps its price down. Tuition certainly does not put Harvard at a recruiting disadvantage when it is in the company of high-priced rivals who cannot compete with its financial aid. Some might even argue that...
...Well-known radio personalities for more than a decade in Australia, the two gained an international following during the Sydney Olympic Games with their irreverent nightly television show, "The Dream." Unimpressed with Sydney's official mascots, the boys created their own, Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat, which became a runaway success and was carried around the Games by the likes of Billie Jean King. Athletes clamored to be on the show, willing to offer themselves up to ridicule for the chance to appear on must-see TV. If you were in Sydney and you weren't watching...