Archive for August 31st, 2004

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SEVIS : Success or Disaster?

Despite repeated pleas from all of America’s
major universities, despite continuing declines in foreign graduate students
coming to the United States, despite lengthy delays and difficulties
in obtaining student visas, and despite repeated breakdowns [...]

Lets Declare Victory and All Go Home

Jim Moore has an interesting take on the old adage that Generals are always fighting the last war. He speculates that the “War on Terrorism” might be the last war, and already over…

Maybe the war on terrorism–where a network of international terrorists attack the west–culminagted in 9/11.

Running Out of Things to Invent

A German company has invented a pair of glasses that come apart to
double as chopsticks.
The ’sushi specs’ have detachable arms that can be used to eat traditional
Japanese food.
Those who [...]

Platform Diving

Hammering
together the poarty platform used to be one of the main jobs of the nominating
convention, but led to unsightly rows and delays; nowadays it is written
and approved months in advance. While [...]


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