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...element in any expansion will be the wishes of the six Ivy League schools, which wield disproportionately strong influence within the league. The Ivies are limited to 29 regular-season games, and Harvard’s schedule—bound by two Beanpot games and rivalries with Boston College and Boston University—would be affected dramatically by an increase beyond 12 teams...
...fans wait, Sprint Sales associates strategically wield their latest “got-to-have” product: the Sanyo VM 4500, a color camera flip-phone with a built in camcorder feature. David M. Baesler, vice president of sales for Sanyo US, has made a special trip to Cambridge in order to extol the virtues of Sanyo camera-phones to hungry Real World fanatics, as well as FM. “Camera phones have started to take over in the U.S.,” Baesler boasts...
...fact that both the opposition and Aristide himself appear to wield significant support has prompted Haiti's Caribbean neighbors, and the U.S., to insist that the two sides find a political solution. But while they have for years criticized Aristide's refusal to accommodate his political opponents, outside observers are also critical of the opposition's insistence that no negotiations can be held before Aristide steps down. The resulting standoff has prevented any political solution, and the current wave of violence has made prospects for an accord even more remote...
Still, Afghanistan’s proud achievement will not be worth the paper it is printed on if it cannot be enforced. While Kabul itself is relatively stable, outside of the city individual tribal leaders wield enormous power, and until they are disarmed it will impossible to form a national government that can claim responsibility for the entire country. The international community cannot afford a failed state in Afghanistan and must work quickly to increase Kabul’s control of its surrounding territory...
...about what's at stake culturally and socially in the search wars, and all those zeros start looking pretty paltry by comparison. The Internet is swiftly becoming the primary repository of the bulk of human information. Search is the way we get at that information, and companies like Google wield enormous power. They reflect our common interests and shape how we learn about the world with their rapid-fire search results. This isn't just about dotcom juggernauts duking it out for stock options and bragging rights. Whoever wins the search wars owns the keys to the kingdom of knowledge...