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...understand the inevitability of this sort of conflict,” said Vijay Ganesh ’04, an American-born upstate New Yorker. “Retaliation is necessary [for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
...muscle. One lucrative market: biotechs and pharmaceuticals trying to analyze data from the Human Genome Project. "The genome is so huge, and it takes so long to analyze even a single protein, that there's no way to do it without resorting to some sort of distributed computing," says Vijay Pande, who runs Folding@home...
Adds Nicklaus: "Tiger is better than the other players by a greater margin than I was." Translation: Who does Tiger have to beat? Els and Vijay Singh, who have won two majors each? Duval and Phil Mickelson, who have won none? I had to beat Arnold Palmer, who won seven majors; Gary Player, who won nine; Lee Trevino, who won six; Tom Watson, who won eight. Speaking of the succession of seasoned players he challenged and was challenged by, Nicklaus says, "I always enjoyed that. Tiger hasn't had that yet--but he will." And we have that to look...
What makes Tiger so good? He possesses a rare combination of strength, talent, brains, will. John Daly hits the ball as far as Tiger. Corey Pavin has shown as much shotmaking skill. Vijay Singh works as hard on his game. Ernie Els has as much poise under pressure. But no one combines these traits like Tiger. His long, high tee shots allow him to sail over the trees, bunkers, ponds and other obstacles that trap or deter lesser golfers. He routinely hits unreachable par-five holes in just two strokes. He can hit a soft, high nine-iron shot into...
Strong family ties also have helped. Vijay Goradia, who emigrated from Bombay in 1977 and now has a private petrochemical business in Houston with more than $600 million in revenues last year, says he could afford to take the entrepreneurial plunge because two brothers had preceded him to the U.S. and served as his safety net. "It gives you the spirit to be free, to take chances," he says...