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Paulson didn't seem to think that that was something he needed to get involved with. Same with fiscal stimulus legislation. Paulson shepherded the last stimulus bill through Congress in January. Not this one. "My focus is on the financial sector, on getting credit going, getting lending flowing," he said. "I can't imagine anything that would have a bigger stimulative impact." In other words, he really doesn't want to take on anything more at this point. Can you blame...
...copyright. Harvard University, which has been cooperating with Google and four other libraries, decided to extract itself from the project as legal liabilities mounted. Going forward, the University will only allow Google to scan works that are no longer protected by copyright. While the protection of intellectual property would seem a compelling reason to stop Google, we feel that publishing companies need to be less obstructionist and more proactive in digitizing their material. Harvard University’s withdrawal is unfortunate but both understandable and expected. That said, as legal pressure from publishers continues to grow, Harvard can and should...
...black. A weariness that borders on cynicism has settled around the topic of Obama as a black man, especially among those who love Obama for reasons that have nothing to do with his race. Much to the annoyance of non-black Obama supporters, African-Americans seem to have adopted Obama as their exclusive champion...
...passport packed with colorful stamps, almost every experienced globetrotter has at least one great story about a one-night stand in a foreign land. Which isn't surprising. Traveling is so romantic in nature - moonlight over unfamiliar cityscapes, trains rumbling through thousand-year-old crumbling vistas - it would seem a shame not to share it with someone. And practically speaking, of course, hooking up with a winsome local means you've got an insider's guide to the best restaurants and someone to help you work off the calories with later...
...mankind emerged from Paleolithic prehistory into a world of alphabets and cities is still a story riddled with questions. Even the first settled agriculturalist communities from which our records begin seem far removed from the cave-dwelling, fur-clad hunter-gatherers whom we imagine to be mankind's ancestors. The discovery of a shaman this ancient offers a startling glimpse into this little-known past, a portrait of prehistoric ritual belief and of clear lines of social hierarchy taking shape...