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They were the odd couple atop the world's largest industrial corporation. One was a consummate organization man who had risen fast by mastering the bureaucracy of a giant company, the other a feisty free spirit who had built a billion-dollar firm from scratch. For two years everyone had wondered what would become of the uneasy chemistry between General Motors Chairman Roger Smith, 61, and H. Ross Perot, 56, the company's largest shareholder...
...signals of distress or read a million messages into their first smile. But how much do we really know about what's going on behind those wide, innocent eyes? How much of their understanding of and response to the world comes preloaded at birth? How much is built from scratch by experience? Such are the questions being explored at Babylab. Though the facility is just 18 months old and has tested only 100 infants, it's already challenging current thinking on what babies know and how they come to know...
...nailing terrorists is one thing; building a nation where none exists is another. "We are starting from scratch," the head of Somalia's new government, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, told me in an interview in Mogadishu. Given Somalia's penchant for clan warfare and inhospitableness toward foreign armies--just go out and rent a copy of Black Hawk Down--it's tempting for Western policymakers to wash their hands and wish Gedi luck. But Somalia's strife has repercussions beyond its borders. The country is victim to the worst ravages of man and nature. Instability there has the potential...
...cafes' clientele is as diverse as the from-scratch buffet-style dishes. Attorneys and CEOs, students, seniors and soccer moms, as well as those down on their luck are among the 150-200 customers that dine daily at One World. Sniffling from a cold, Mike Dega, an environmental engineer, came in looking for comfort food. "I feel like I'm getting a whole new set of nutrients here as opposed to processed food - plus all the spices and flavors here are a real turn...
...FEAR of smell—the smell of FEAR” exhibit at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center appears upon first glance to be in typical art gallery style. The neutral paint, however, belies the fact that this art stinks—literally. Upon rubbing or scratching the walls, visitors are enveloped in the scent of sweat that has been chemically reproduced and infused into paint by Berlin-based Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas. The work is the first part of a two-part installation called “Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary...