Word: sittings
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...platform is far from open. Developers and their programs must be approved by Apple. This does not sit well with the dudes who write software, and it's getting ugly among the rank and file. Apple, which has accepted then summarily rejected some apps after they've gone up, is doing a poor job of handling developer relations and is getting a reputation for being capricious. Some angry developers are already defecting to Android - the OS that powers T-Mobile's G1 and will power all successive iterations of the Google phone...
...when Susie eventually does die, Buffett can't cope. As his daughter, also named Susie, is planning the funeral, she tells him he doesn't have to attend. "Warren was overcome with relief," Schroeder writes. " 'I can't,' he said. To sit there, overwhelmed with thoughts of Susie, in front of everyone, was too much...
...deals with its most vital challenges: the protection of its intellectual property, increasing political demands at home to contribute much more substantially to the economy of South Africa, and the worsening skills shortage in its core operations. Instead of claiming transformation by counting how many black directors sit on its board, or how many discounted shares it has sold to the so-called strategic investors, Sasol will have to contribute to the transformation agenda of South Africa. Tshilidzi Marwala, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
...Boston’s Government Center MBTA stop on Friday were in for a surprise—one spot had been converted into a park. The barricaded parking space—adorned with potted plants, flowers, and a bed of grass—offered passersby a chance to sit in the sun as part of the National Park[ing] Day event. Started in 2005 as a collaboration between Rebar, a San Francisco art collective, and The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national conservation nonprofit, the event is a one-day global event to advocate for the conversion of public...
...snivelling, forgiving government that wouldn't let mediocre enterprises and their leaders fail), the center is a lonely beacon of small government and private enterprise in Washington at a time when big government appears to be on the comeback. Black-and-white photos of the controversial writer sit on desktops here; her many novels fill most of the bookshelves; in one office, a blowup of her postage-stamp image (something Rand probably would have abhorred -government embrace of her work!) - adorns the wall...