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Mark Zuckerberg ’06-’07 planned to spend his semester away from the College focusing on improvements to his popular networking site, thefacebook.com, while readying his next endeavor, Wirehog, for its long-awaited release. But any dreams of a stress-free semester were dashed on Sept. 2, when the founders of competitor ConnectU.com filed a lawsuit against his site and its five officers...
...Lynch. But economists estimate that every $5 increase in oil prices shaves 0.2% from the GDP growth of the Asia-Pacific region, and the longer prices stay high, the stiffer the economic headwind. In the past few weeks, Asia's export-led economies have begun to show signs of stress. With higher oil prices putting a drag on consumer spending in America and raising costs throughout Asia's supply chains, "We are facing a lower growth path over the next 12 months," says White...
BUSH And especially if you're under a lot of stress. I'm not saying that I am. [Laughter...
...modified post-and-beam-style cottages by Cutler and Graves, the architects' houses are not for traditionalists. They're mostly modern structures built with large quantities of glass, steel and environmentally sustainable materials. Kaufmann calls the Glidehouse project an effort to "collaborate with nature." Instead of hardwood floors that stress first-growth forests, she uses fast-growing bamboo. Lighting from the structure's glassy exterior, plus solar panels and a wind generator, reduces electricity use. "It's the housing equivalent of the Prius," says Kaufmann, referring to Toyota's environmentally conscious car. "Clean and green...
...Spiegelman's slow, agonizing recovery from the day's trauma, made more difficult by a deeply ingrained paranoia and pessimism, becomes the book's emotional and narrative core. Created over the course of two years, he uses the strips to temper, if not actually resolve, his stress. While the early ones recount the agonizing moments of day - hearing the roar of the impact, retrieving his daughter from her nearby middle school, watching as the second tower collapses - the later strips are more abstract. Spiegelman laments what he sees as the co-opting of September 11 to justify further polarizing acts...