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...making the right bets on the Internet's future. For one thing, Google has tempted Microsoft into battle by developing new Web-based software and exploring partnerships that could challenge the Seattle giant's desktop dominance. But it's Yahoo!--which has a significantly different vision--that could most threaten Google. At stake is the future of search. For Google, it is all about harnessing the vast power of the Internet to get results as quickly and accurately as possible. (Google maintains tens of thousands of servers to store all those cached Web pages it searches...
...really in dispute. Blasphemy, moreover, is common in the Muslim world, and sanctioned by Arab governments. The Arab media run cartoons depicting Jews and the symbols of the Jewish faith with imagery indistinguishable from that used in the Third Reich. But I have yet to see Jews or Israelis threaten the lives of Muslims because...
...such a way, the grants threaten to lead to a slippery slope, limiting certain fields only to those who can afford them financially. Math and science are specialized fields requiring proficiency with numbers, which not all students may possess. These students should still be able to go to college and pursue their vocational goals—regardless of what field they intend to study and regardless of their financial circumstances...
...SMART grants passed by the House of Representatives therefore have been shown to discriminate against low-income students with no clear national gain. The consequences of the legislation therefore threaten the American ideals of access to unconditional secondary education for all and the right of Americans to make their own choices about their interests and vocations. The grants are thus a grievous error...
...making shirts that just aren’t funny, and are clearly in poor taste, but the goal is clearly not to ostracize Asians or attack their noble heritage. Thus, I say these fateful words which I am told fly in the face of all social movements and threaten to drag our society back to the time of slavery and lynching: you may not like it, it may be offensive to you, but sometimes you just have to lighten up and deal with...