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...mistake," said John Edwards in his short speech. "It's time for a different kind of leadership. We need a leader who will be open and honest with the American people, who will tell the truth when they make a mistake and take responsibility." In case anyone missed the swipe at Senator Clinton's refusal to apologize and say she was wrong to vote for the war, the former North Carolina Senator answered a question about whether Clinton has backpedaled enough from her vote, by saying, "I think it's between her and her conscience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Negative in Nevada | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...guys have done some great things for Harvard undergrads—universal swipe access, 24-hour Lamont, and the Lamont Café. Is there any way for you guys to introduce a bill to get people to shut the hell up in Lamont’s 5th floor reading room...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...ceremony installing the warlord as emperor, the weakened Jianli takes a frail swipe at his exalted friend-foe. Few people notice. "History will record that when you were installed, I attacked you," Jianli says, and the now-Emperor replies, Wrong. I write the history books. And they will say I kept you alive, because you are my eternal shadow." Jianli has poisoned himself, so as not to be anyone's shadow, and gasps out his last word: "Brother." To put the musician out of his misery, the Emperor ritually stabs him. Then we hear the anthem Jianli has composed. "Everlasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chinese Movie at the Met | 1/13/2007 | See Source »

...seem very important until you really sweat them. "I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use to make sure every pixel is right," says Scott Forstall, Apple's vice president of Platform Experience. "We will argue over literally a single pixel." As a result, when you swipe your finger across the screen to unlock the iPhone, you're not just accessing a system of nested menus, you're entering a tiny universe in which data exist as bouncy, gemlike objects. You can actually pinch an image with two fingers and make it smaller. Because there's no mouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Apple Of Your Ear | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...accounts, which presently can only be accessed in College computer labs. UC representatives said they intend to lobby College administrators to expand the accounts for use in campus libraries as well.The money would be separate from Crimson Cash—a debit account that students can access with a swipe of their ID card—because the UC wants to ensure that the allotted sum will go “specifically toward printing,” according to UC member Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10.Schwartz co-sponsored the legislation with representatives Alyssa Q. Colbert...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Pushes for Cost Control | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

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