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...push the analogy to its conclusion: Will the drama end in war between the upstart and the status quo powers, as it did in Europe in 1914 and in the Pacific in 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor? Luckily, history knows similar dynamics but no determinism. Look how Washington and Beijing resolved the Hainan incident. Both knew that matters must not get out of hand, that neither player could be forced to slink away in humiliation. Add two numbers: China's $80 billion trade surplus with the U.S. and 54,000 Chinese students in America. Nobody else in the world...
...Slashdot (profiled in September), has fostered hot Internet newcomers by giving away valuable code for free. David Neeleman's jetBlue airline (January) just celebrated its first birthday, took delivery of its 11th new Airbus 320 and prompted U.S. regulators to coin the term jetBlue effect, which occurs when the upstart enters a market and fares plunge. And the edgy Catalan chef Ferran Adria (November) got his own cooking show on Spanish TV. Of course, some of our rebels have had problems. Joseph Park, founder of the defiantly free U.S. delivery service Kozmo (September), had to impose...
After splitting its games Friday with upstart Columbia and Saturday with Cornell, the defending Ivy League champions now stand a game behind the Big Red and Dartmouth in the race for the Ivy League title. The Crimson (14-16, 5-3 Ivy) cannot repeat last year's feat without at least some help: if Cornell wins all four of its games against Penn and Princeton next week, the Crimson would definitely not repeat as Ivy League champs...
...media-garnering celebrity favorite and Paul's daughter) is launching her own label under Gucci; red-hot fashion star Nicolas Ghesquiere will also join the group. McCartney's contract at Chloe is believed to expire in June; Ghesquiere is bringing the legendary haute- couture house Balen- ciaga under the upstart Gucci Group umbrella. Not bad considering that just 18 months ago Gucci "Group" was composed of just Gucci. Since then, American Ford, 39, who designs the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent lines, and De Sole, 57, have given a makeover to the company's image, moving it from fusty, fashion...
...newcomers like the pop-culture site Plastic.com by giving away valuable code for free. David Neeleman's jetBlue airline (January) celebrated its first birthday last month, took delivery of its 11th new Airbus 320 and prompted the Transportation Department to coin the term "jetBlue effect," which occurs when the upstart enters a market and fares dramatically drop. Richmond McCoy, whose real estate company UrbanAmerica (October) invests in impoverished areas, landed a $75 million credit line from Citigroup. And the edgy Catalan chef Ferran Adria (November) got his own cooking show on Spanish...