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...desperate to find a welcoming Olympic team makes the cut. Greece's national bobsled and skeleton teams include at least two Canadians and three Americans with dual citizenship, but they still didn't qualify for the Games. Austrian skier Josef Strobl had no chance to penetrate his country's talent-deep ski team. So Strobl, who had a Slovenian great-grandfather, tried for a spot on Slovenia's team - but didn't make that, either. The Olympic dream fuels the nation-hopping. Alpine skier Christelle Douibi and cross-country skier Noureddine Bentoumi both grew up in the Grenoble area...
...doing things their way. So the white coats go on when it's time to approve new products. For a few hours, teams of engineers will come forward with their best ideas, hoping to dazzle the most powerful men in Silicon Valley. Google paid crazy money to attract top talent--supercharging the nerd market in the process--and this is the recruits' chance to show the investments were worth...
...outspend the likes of Yahoo! and Microsoft for the best young brains. Even though few of Google's insta-millionaires have cashed in their stock options and quit since the 2004 IPO, Google is on a hiring binge, adding about 100 people a week. It applies quirky tests of talent. Google once put up a billboard on Route 101, the heavily trafficked artery that links the Valley to San Francisco, that said, in its entirety...
...never make it to college represent a great untapped wealth of intelligence. If America is to maintain its position as the world leader in science and technology, it will need all the help it can muster, and these overlooked students can play a vital role. By enlarging the available talent pool for high-tech jobs and increasing the brain power working to solve important problems like global warming, the proposed scholarships help to improve life for all and to keep the economy strong. A vibrant economy and a healthy middle class are essential to funding for the arts and humanities...
...chance” had stumbled out of the gate, dropping four difficult Ivy road contests, and faced the prospect of eight lame duck games and a lengthy rebuilding process. The five seniors that had consistently logged 30-plus minutes a game would be moving on, leaving a vacuum of talent and experience that would take years to refill. Harvard coach Frank Sullivan looked at the strong freshman class and knew that would be his next shot. The next year would be painful. The following year would be a slight improvement. But three seasons down the line—that would...