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...Greene sees the Canal Zone as a melting pot whose constituent pieces never quite came together; her book explores the racial and economic conflicts that arose as a result. It's a purposefully different sort of history - those looking for a straightforward account of the Canal's construction should search elsewhere - and one that would benefit from a less academic tone. Dutiful in its delivery, The Canal Builders secures a largely anonymous group of people their place in history...
...What Microsoft knows now is what Yahoo's share price is showing. Being the No.2 company in the search business behind Google (GOOG) is like finishing second in the Indianapolis 500. There is some money in it, but the pretty girls and endorsements go to the winner...
...numbers are not the reason that Yahoo does not matter. What matters is that it is no longer a company with even a modest voice in the media industry. The time when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer might have bought it or its search division is probably over. Ballmer is, as most good businessmen should be, ruthless beyond the imagination of the general public. He gave Yahoo's board a chance to do the right thing for its shareholders. Once Yahoo turned Ballmer down, he kept leaking comments about ongoing interest to the press. Just as Yahoo was beginning take...
...University must meet. It will eventually become a component of a larger report that Harvard will submit to NEASC in August. The University last underwent the accreditation in 1997. A special two-year extension was obtained for the original 2007 reaccreditation deadline, because Harvard had not yet completed its search for a new University president. Dean Lamberth wrote in an e-mail that the suggestions at Wednesday’s meeting “very helpful, adding that “the revised draft will reflect the feedback we received.” The reaccreditation process will culminate...
...stop-motion animated film “Token Hunchback” in Mass Hall encourages viewers to think about the “ethical status of entertainment careers built on the display of disability,” Reckart says.While the names of these student artists may not yield Wikipedia search results quite as impressive as those of the 19th century artists whose paintings once graced the Mass Hall corridor, their ingenious, meticulously executed work adds new vigor to the administrative heart of the college...