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...works, all of them failures. Shakespeare had a definitive anthology only seven years after he died, when his friends published what became known as the First Folio, giving scholars centuries to study and interpret his work. To do the same for Middleton, Taylor and co. had to start from scratch, first picking through the writer's 30-year career to figure out which works were his, then making sense of the cultural references that run through almost every line. "We've been practicing how to read Shakespeare for centuries," says Taylor. "But we don't, as a culture, have...
...course instructor, David J. Malan ’99. Friends want Gadish to expand the program to other professors, like Economics guru Beren Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw. “I’m definitely considering it,” Gadish says. His program was made using Scratch, a computer programming language designed for children that Malan chose to ease students into computer science. “I’ve always heard that CS 50 is really difficult,” says Ann Chi ’08, who created a keyboard version of Dance Dance Revolution...
...ACAC still has to deliver a competitive airplane. The company is not starting from scratch. It has made parts for both Boeing and Airbus since the early 1980s. ACAC's Shanghai factory was named one of Boeing's best in 2005, and China's engineers have so far set a fast pace in the rollout of the ARJ21. "Staying on schedule is our biggest challenge," says chief engineer Jiang Liping. At full capacity, ACAC hopes to build 50 of the jets a year. The supply chain is state of the art. Fuselage sections are built at factories throughout China - located...
...wait three days for a part," says John Bruns, head of Boeing's commercial operations in China. Competitors such as Bombardier have extensive global networks to ensure parts availability and to provide operators with support. China will need to build its own global support system virtually from scratch...
...London barber, he spoke all his life with a Cockney accent. Even after he started to make good money, which happened soon, his fingernails were caked with pigment, and he kept one of them long, like a blues guitarist does, so that he could use it to scratch directly into the paint. Like Billy Joel or Elton John, he was a commoner who made good...