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...survey in May's Yahoo! Life Magazine has placed the College a long way from even its third place finish in this year's U.S. News and World Report's annual college survey. The University was ranked 64th out of 100 schools in a survey of how well colleges use the Internet for educational purposes...
Blige is ready to step out. Over the past year, she's split from her original producer and mentor, Sean ("Puffy") Combs; left her old record label, Uptown; and re-dedicated herself to spirituality. Her third album, Share My World (MCA), comes out this week, and it's a winner. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter's groundbreaking first album sold 2 million copies; her second, the spottily brilliant My Life, sold 3 million; both spawned countless sound-alikes. The bold but ultimately mercenary ghetto-sex-bomb posturing of rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim, the emotionally blunt crooning...
...students on a daily basis; these staples are far too often below an acceptable standard. Second, Mayer should make it a priority to significantly improve the meager options currently available to campus vegetarians. Third, Mayer should move to improve the quality of the "ethnic food" served in the dining halls. All too often these well-intentioned attempts end up defaming rather than fostering appreciation for the world's fine culinary traditions...
REDMOND, Washington: More good news for Bill Gates in his quest to make all the money in the world: Microsoft reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.04 billion, up 85 percent. Revenue jumped 45 percent, far exceeding expectations. Despite all the buzz about the Internet as Microsoft's profit center of the future, the key factor in this quarter's explosive growth was strong sales of an updated version of an old standard, the company's Office 97 software...
...Mobutu's corruption might be comical were it not for the tragic consequences his despotism has wreaked upon his countrymen. While Mobutu lounged in his Belgian castle, a Peace Corps survey in 1980 revealed that in a nation that owns one-quarter of the world's diamonds, malnutrition was killing more than one-third of the Zairian population. The U.S. was a key player among the Western nations that helped line Mobutu's coffers. The current overtures of China to the Western marketplace confront the global community with a similar challenge. Let's hope that Washington does not undermine...