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...book, Strokes of Genius, L. Jon Wertheim reconstructs the 2008 Wimbledon final between Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal. That epic match - which took more than seven waterlogged hours to complete and ended with a Nadal victory in near darkness - is widely considered to be the greatest tennis match ever played. Strokes of Genius uses the match as a scaffolding to talk about the two tennis greats, their rivalry and the sport's beauty. TIME caught up with Wertheim, Sports Illustrated's tennis writer, as he prepared to cover Wimbledon 2009, which began on June...
...Krauthammer, Social Studies; Yuenbee J. Park, Economics; Guilio J. Pertile, English; Shayak Sarkar, Applied Mathematics; Kaloyan S. Slavov, Mathematics; Craig R. Sincock II, Economics; Steven A. Strott, History and Literature; Alexander O. Subtelny, Chemistry; Parvinder S. Thiara, Chemistry; Derek A. Vance, Economics; Emily K. Vasiliauskas, Literature; Stephen A. Wertheim, History; and Shane K. Wilson, Social Studies...
...share of the vital market for logic chips, or microprocessors, which carry out stored instructions. The Japanese, by contrast, have a 27% share. "For the time being, the logic-chip business is safe from foreign competition," says Stuart Johnson, who watches the semiconductor industry for the Manhattan firm of Wertheim & Co. "Logic chips are far more difficult than memories to copy and redesign." But U.S. manufacturers may soon face tougher Japanese competition in that market as well. --By John Greenwald. Reported by Cristina Garcia/San Francisco and Thomas McCarroll/New York SLUMPING SALES...
...conduct more hearings this week. Said New Jersey Democrat William Hughes, the chairman: "We're learning a lot more about the E.F. Hutton case by the hour." Yet even before the new hearings open, Hutton is hurting. Said James Hanbury, who monitors financial-services companies for the investment firm Wertheim & Co.: "Hutton's sales force is nearly demoralized, and its customers are starting to hold back. Even after it's over, Hutton will still wear the stigma. And in this business, which is regulated by trust, a company's reputation means a lot. " --By Barbara Rudolph. Reported by Anne Constable/Washington...
...Early porn directors also talked themselves into believing they were committing art. Ron Wertheim, Damiano's assistant director on Deep Throat, may only have been shooting porno loops but, he says in the documentary, "I approached those films as if I was Luc Godard or somebody." Damiano, who went directly from hairdressing to helming hard-core, had a similar sense of vocation. He says that after the success of Deep Throat, "If people wanted to interview me because I was a porno filmmaker, I just was not interested in talking to them. But if anyone wanted to speak...