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...best novels written about Sept. 11, 2001, was published in August 2000. Look to Windward, by Scottish science-fiction writer Iain M. Banks, is set in a galaxy-wide civilization called the Culture that's so ridiculously technologically advanced that people have become functionally immortal godlings. They can do anything they want; therefore everything is a game and nothing matters. When they interfere in the affairs of a less advanced species called the Chelgrians, the Chelgrians retaliate with a grotesque act of terrorism...
Rapid expansion has not altered the company's small-town feel. The Binghamton factory, while churning out a wide range of products, creates only a few of each per month, so outsourcing isn't efficient. Besides, customers swear by Mac's personal touch, with many making a pilgrimage to upstate New York for a factory tour. (Diehards bring their owner's manual so Randall can autograph it.) "Mac is one of those companies like Harley-Davidson that is nostalgic and supports U.S. jobs," says Schwartz. "How could you leave something like that?" There is still some hand assembly...
...Another wide open three, another miss for Harvard (This time via Housman). Housman, clearly frustrated, draws his third personal foul. On the reset, Harvard picks up another quick foul, this time on McGeary. That's the team's sixth foul. And as I write that, Harvard picks up ANOTHER foul, this time on Unger. Big Ben gets the and one opportunity but misses the free throw. [Columbia 50, Harvard...
...Another promising possession by the Crimson has gone awry. Jeremy Lin sets back for a mid-range jumper, misses, but is saved by Harris' offensive rebound. The ball gets kicked out to McGeary who misses another wide open trey. Luckily, baskets are hard to come by for both teams...
...That Bill Clinton would be surprised at any of this is surprising in itself, given the wide perception that he is the unseen hand guiding his wife's campaign. But friends and advisers say that was never the case - in part because he understood Hillary's need to establish her independence, and in part because of long-standing mistrust between his political operation and hers. He deferred to her team and its pseudo-incumbency strategy throughout the fall, friends say, even though his instincts told him that Obama was gaining steam and should be dealt with as a threat. When...