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...swept other repressive regimes from power in Ukraine and Georgia. Yet here the public at large seems to show little taste for rebellion. Opinion polls are highly unreliable: some show 60% of the population opposes Lukashenko, but others say 60% support him. The Belarusian character is temperate and slow to anger, and so far, the majority has kept silent. So Belarus could remain in Lukashenko's grip for some time to come. Last year, in a referendum widely censured as fraudulent, the President rammed through a constitutional change allowing him unlimited terms in office. By next July, he intends...
While working with software-based firewalls--layers of protection that block junk e-mail and attacks on computers from hackers and viruses--Xie noticed that those programs slow down networks. So, like a true Silicon Valley entrepreneur, he retreated to his garage in his spare time and started working on a new approach. He envisioned a remote piece of hardware that screened Internet content and didn't interfere with application software. In 1997 Xie, an engineering graduate from Tsinghua University in Beijing, launched the network-security company NetScreen, which was eventually acquired by Jupiter Networks. That success allowed...
...Weleily. As a member of the four-person U.S. squad, Lorentzen did not drop a single match as the American team took fourth overall, its highest finish ever. It was an intense schedule, but one that was worth the effort.“It was definitely a very slow process getting better,” Lorentzen says. “I worked harder than I think I’ve ever worked. It was definitely a lot, lot harder than I expected...which made it really rewarding too. “But it’s not easy...
...unassuming personality is likely responsible for his slow ascent through comedy. After graduating from Denison College in Ohio and aborting plans to earn a law degree, Carell signed on with the legendary Second City comedy group in Chicago—a breeding ground for such stars as John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Chris Farley...
...Beauty Zadie Smith 3. The Rabbi’s Cat Joann Sfar 4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5. The Sea John Banville 6. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Laila Lalami 7. Monologue of a Dog Wislawa Szymborska 8. Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro 9. Slow Man J.M. Coetzee 10. Trouble with Poetry Billy Collins Hardcover Nonfiction 1. Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion 2. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns-Goodwin 3. Education of a Coach David Halberstam 4. The Lost Painting Jonathan Harr 5. The Bedside Book of Birds Graeme Gibson 6. Teacher Man Frank...