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...punch line of Prague is that the characters never get there--they're stuck in the backwater of Budapest. Prague is the symbol of everything they feel they're missing, the place where "life waited ... waited with some goal, achievable yet elegant and thrilling." The irony is, 10 years later, even Prague isn't Prague anymore. These days, the economy is looking up, the tourists have arrived, and you can't get a decent table. Whatever these writers were looking for there, it's long gone--these books are like lost postcards, smudged and crumpled, their point of origin already...
...detection software. Wardriving.com has one-stop downloading for the most popular free programs: Net Stumbler or Aerosol for PCs, AP Scanner for Macintosh. You don't need street addresses with these; just drive around a busy part of town, and networks will pop up on the screen. A lock symbol means a network is encrypted and its owner is not feeling neighborly. Tapping into it could get you in big trouble...
Currently, debate is swirling around the papal travel schedule. John Paul, whose inveterate globe-trotting is a symbol of his papacy, looked exhausted and let others finish sermons throughout his trip to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. But even small concessions to his illness can be painfully frustrating for him. When an aide retrieved a handkerchief that fell from his shaky grasp in Bulgaria, at least one reporter saw the Pope grab it back and "pound it hard against his thigh." And so he seems determined to go ahead with a pilgrimage to Canada, Mexico and Guatemala planned for July...
...property’s purchase has remained an open wound, which neighborhood activists point to as a renewed symbol of Harvard’s greed and a new reason to distrust their institutional neighbor...
American flags quickly appeared across campus. Large flags filled storefronts, hung from windowsills and lined dorm room walls. The Stars and Stripes was proudly displayed at universities across the nation as a symbol of solidarity and hope. The last time American flags were so prominent on college campuses—during the Vietnam era—they were burning. Harvard, a liberal school that could only be described as pacifist for the last 30 years, was ready for America to go to war. Sixty-nine percent of Harvard students surveyed by The Crimson in late September wanted to take military...