Results for “One Laptop per Child Association”

… This was check, but far from checkmate, and you had to continue to play the game, knowing that it would be a very long one. The only way to win the game, Bannon argued, was with a disciplined strategy. But the president, prodded here by his family, was an obsessive and not a st...

…rian, just sitting there, pointed north. At least give it a few minutes.” I think Yanoush would have grabbed the microphone and told the unit to fire had not Amram been there as well. Together, we convinced him to hold off. I ordered the brigade commander to get one of the battal...

that procedures such exponentiation of a matrix can be carried out automatically using computer algebra programs such as Maple or for data processing available as computational modules in MatLab. One of the techniques for the computation of hy involves determining the logarithm...

…s an abysmal record on human rights, engaging in torture and severe political repression, it had a good, even excellent one when it came to protecting the pluralism of the religious culture that is one of Syria’s most enduring and attractive qualities. Some of these virtues are c...

…rmy trained to equip and fight enemy soldiers. Now, we were asking teenage recruits to operate as riot police against stone-throwing mobs. Before long, it wasn’t just stones, or even bottles. In one incident in Gaza, a young soldier was surrounded by a crowd of Palestinians and s...

…nly facts, sure, that's not a crime. Q. And so if -- MR. SCAROLA: And it is -- it is 4:30. MR. SIMPSON: Let me just ask one more question then. MR. SCAROLA: Sure. So long as it isn't one of the 30-minute ones. MR. SIMPSON: That's in the witness's control . MR. SCOTT: That applies...

…n of the Fifth Amendment privilege, and if that gets played for the jury, the jury can see that or you can see it. At one point Ms. McCawley chided one of these witnesses and said something like, you know, if you keep doing what you're doing, we're going to have to do something...

… Discuss your terms and conditions of employment or union organizing with your co-workers or a union. Take action with one or more co-workers to improve your working conditions by, among other means, raising work-related complaints directly with your employer or with a governmen...

…so a good Bill Clinton friend found them eerily similar—except that Clinton had a respectable front and Trump did not. One manifestation of this outlaw personality, for both Trump and Clinton, was their brand of womanizing—and indeed, harassing. Even among world-class womanizers...

…her you are a longstanding adviser and supporter of Poetry in America, or you've more recently joined our circle of proponents, your contributions, thought partnership and enthusiasm have made this year's successes possible. Last fall, I knew this would be a crucial year. Goals f...

…o test the response of others to statements, which might otherwise be taken the wrong way. Something said in a ‘jokey’ tone of voice may not generate a negative response, even though the raw content might be quite provocative. “Ah, late again I see...” It is worth taking a look...

18 CHAPTER ONE The Great Divide “What you’ve seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg.” -- retired Admiral Michael McConnell, vice chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton On June 9, 2013, the Guardian, the British newspaper known for the quality and gravity of its reporting posted...

… the standard-issue Republican world as much as Rupert Murdoch—not least because Murdoch had Donald Trump’s ear. It was one of the key elements of Bannon’s understanding of Trump: the last person Trump spoke to ended up with enormous influence. Trump would brag that Murdoch was a...

should, offer in search of a true peace with the Palestinians. I was the one who would be blamed by the inevitable critics, whether for going too far or not far enough, or simply for the fact the deal had eluded us. I knew the drill: the same thing had happened when I had come ta...

…h day, six da Wall Street outsider. A He wanted more. Hoffenberg was 4 Brooklyn boy. A college dropout, like Epstein. One thing Hoffenberg wanted was respect. The o : e who was familiar with Wall Street's inner workings. Jel : tions for Bear Stearns, fit the bill: ther someon...