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...have never been supportive of the idea of a 'student center' as it is generally understood--a gathering place with soft couches, pizzas and big screen TVs in the middle of campus," he wrote in an e-mail...
Indonesia is the home of shadow puppetry, and that's how its elites conduct their politics - behind a screen. The fate of President Abdurrahman Wahid appeared to be sealed Thursday when parliament overwhelmingly voted to censure him for involvement in two corruption scandals, opening the way for impeachment proceedings. That left the world's fourth most populous nation poised for a new round of political turmoil, with supporters of rival parties clashing on the streets, the military speaking openly about taking charge if the politicians can't restore order, and the political, military and business elites locking into a fresh...
...factions are well represented in the parliament of the streets, where things can turn ugly pretty quickly. So, as ever, the power struggle in Jakarta may once again be settled as a form of shadow-puppetry - the street protesters providing a restive audience for the outcomes determined behind the screen...
Nine months ago, the geeks were expected to inherit the earth. Now they consider themselves lucky if they remembered to hit CONTROL-S on their PC keyboards before the screen faded. Once the ruling emotion was IPO frenzy; now it's PG&E fear. The Internet itself is pretty well protected, with most websites housed in generator-filled buildings called data centers. The carefree life of dotcommers who run the websites, however...
...producer Dino De Laurentiis, 81, began his vigil for novelist Thomas Harris' next Hannibal Lecter book. De Laurentiis had "first negotiation, last refusal" rights for any movie containing the Lecter character, as he had produced Manhunter, the 1986 adaptation of Harris' Red Dragon, in which Lecter made his first screen appearance in the form of actor Brian Cox. Manhunter didn't perform at the box office, so De Laurentiis later passed on Silence. Should you get invited to the De Laurentiises' for dinner, don't bring that...