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...because of price variations for gadgets they may favor. "The auction is potentially a big turning point for the whole wireless market," says Wu. "The dream is to create a reliable, ubiquitous wireless Internet floating around you like the air you breathe." The auction's open network mandate and stiff competition should bring us closer to that goal...
...punted. It may be the most powerful sports league in the country, but it failed to stiff-arm the big cable companies into carrying the NFL Network on the league's terms. So sophomore NFL commish Roger Goodell made a veteran call in deciding to let NBC and CBS simulcast Saturday night's New England Patriots-New York Giants game. That game, in case you never get past Discovery Channel, could produce the NFL's first 16-0 season if the favored Pats dispatch the Giants, who have already qualified for the playoffs. "We have taken this extraordinary step because...
...rare and unusual donation, including a paint-spattered hat, a pair of shoes, and a ladder. In addition to these objects, the gift included materials like brushes, paints, models, and preliminary works that once belonged to the influential Abstract Expressionist artist Barnett Newman. Fragments of his paintings—stiff canvases with strips of red, green, and blue—sit in brown boxes in the Straus Center, crucial keys to Newman’s creative past. Newman made a name for himself with bold blocks of color and vertical lines, which he termed zips. His paitnings often had punning...
...hardest time of it. The top epee fencer in the junior international circuit signed herself on to four years at Harvard, making the epee look unstoppable. But after her decision to defer a year, the weapon lacks depth. Still, junior co-captain Maria Larsson fought her way through the stiff competition to finish 18th of 43. Foil looks to be a bit stronger with three returning fencers in sophomores Misha Goldfeder, Anna Podolsky, and Arielle Pensler, who finished 15th, 17th, and 19th, respectively. But no one outdid the saber fencers. With the top finish of the day for the Crimson...
...first quarter: Walker scrambles right and tries to stiff arm, but captain Brad Bagdis is having none of that. Solid, solid tackle from the team-leader on that play...