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...Working with these children in elementary school is ever so much more free—in spite of the obvious limitations. For every resource you don’t have, there are half-a-dozen expectations and pressures you also don’t have,” he adds...
...proved premature. At a Feb. 15 meeting of the Committee on House Life, all of the Masters besides Quincy House Master Michael Shinagel opposed 24-hour universal access. Lewis withdrew his erstwhile advocacy and declared himself “back in the middle again.” And in spite of the fact that every House Committee has voted in favor of letting in their peers, the Masters remain unmoved. As the academic year closes, the prospect of 24-hour access finds itself impaled on the Masters’ obstinacy...
...glut of overcapacity. But within the semiconductor space we have a number of investments, and one of our favorites is the world's largest semiconductor-packaging company, Amkor Technology. Their fundamentals right now are absolutely miserable, and they are losing money, but the stock has stopped going down in spite of the bad news. It is far and away the technology leader in semiconductor packaging...
...spite of those concerns, Makatiani is convinced that the new economy is spreading to Africa and he wants to be the person to tap that potential. He believes that someday African entrepreneurs will use Africa Online to create virtual offices from which they can e-mail, store private documents in safe files and do their banking. "When you start looking at 800 million people and start looking at one continent rather than separate countries, you start getting extremely excited," says an animated Makatiani, jumping up from his office sofa. "You say to yourself, ?You know, I can do what Bill...
...bono playwright. I backed into writing children's books. An illustrator friend asked me to write the story for an idea he had in mind. Then, just as I was getting hot on it, he fired me. He'd decided to write it himself. So, out of spite, I wrote my own book, thinking, "My book will be better than your book." That was The Man in the Ceiling, and it was a great success. I've written seven now, and it's been wonderful in every possible way. With these and the plays, I feel...