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...Remember Tucker? One of the hardest truths for any technologist to hear is that success or failure in business is rarely determined by the quality of the technology. Betamax was better than VHS; the Mac operating system is superior to Windows. Even in the transportation business, there is the cautionary tale of Preston Tucker, who in the 1940s designed a "car of the future" packed with such safety innovations as a padded dashboard, disk brakes and safety glass--a car so far ahead of its time that only 51 were ever produced. In fact, the annals of high-tech history...
...encapsulate its essence. Americans may consume superficial, spiritually empty products without exhibiting serious qualms, but that does not mean we are doomed to lose our ability to appreciate, connect to and dream of something better. Ironically, literary talent like Egan’s bolsters our faith that such a superior dimension exists in American culture...
...scene that was not meant for the United States’ eyes. While his pilot is executed, Wilson must stay alive in the wintry landscape of Bosnia while being pursued. As Wilson’s commanding officer, Gene Hackman plays Admiral Reigart, who is frustrated by his superior, NATO admiral (Joaquim de Almeida) because he has been told that a rescue attempt can only be made in safe territory. As the story develops—read: Wilson must run and dodge some more while Hackman frets nervously—it is left to Hackman to take matters into...
Meanwhile, Mazzoleni recorded his 250th career win on Saturday. Following the game, he reminisced about his first coaching win, a 9-1 drubbing of Wisconsin Superior from his days at D-III Wisconsin Stevens-Point...
...then on June 27, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced to the country that superior American intelligence had foiled a Nazi plan to destroy U.S. bridges and factories. The FBI had captured eight Germans and German-Americans, who had landed in Long Island and Florida. Their arrest set in motion a series of events that can serve as a historical backdrop for President Bush's Nov. 13 executive order permitting the military to try suspected foreign terrorists in tribunals instead of the criminal justice system...