Results for “Five Star”

…million words. Tolstoy comes in sixteenth, with a mere half million! Written in 1869, War and Peace tells the story of five Russian families during the Napoleonic wars. Originally written in a mixture of Russian and French, and numbering over 500,000 words, it was quickly transl...

…duals and charitable organizations for raising funds for Hamas. In 2008, for example, a federal jury in Texas convicted five U.S. citizens on charges of providing material support to Hamas through their ostensibly charitable organization, the Holy Land Foundation, resulting in se...

…ed magazine, a go-to publication for techno-utopians and -dystopians alike, from 2001 to 2012; during his tenure it won five National Magazine Awards. Chris dislikes the term “roboticist” (“like any properly humbled roboticist, I don’t call myself one”). He began as a physicist....

…I probably wouldn’t have made it out of there alive. Ron came back to usher the girls out of my room and told me I had five minutes to pack my clothes, which he made clear were to be my only belongings to take with me. He washed his hands clean of me that night, or so he thought...

…ge cap growth stocks and rising corporate profits are patiently waiting for both of them to end White Castle. Twenty five years ago, I had a friend with a peculiar way of responding to seeing things he didn’t like on TV: he would throw White Castle hamburgers at the screen. I...

…S AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our Board, which is composed of five directors. Our certificate of incorporation provides that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of our Board. Our certificat...

…anese. My next guest, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, says it is a milestone. Kuhn has advised the Chinese government for twenty-five years, and is the author of How China’s Leaders Think. Welcome. KUHN: Pleasure to be here. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS XI JINPING THINKING? FZ: First, give us a...

…ds of cybercriminals, Mafiosi and terrorists, the two countries could lead an effort to jointly buy any new exploit for five times what anyone else would pay - and then immediately publish what they had bought and the necessary patch. This would make the network safer for everyon...

Econet Wireless was established in 1998, but not before a fight. Masiyiwa waged a five-year legal battle with the government for a licence to deliver telephone services. The company now operates in 17 countries including Botswana, Lesotho, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and New Zea...

…mplicated number. It also benefits the US because we have a lot of good products at cheaper prices. RLK: But there are five real reasons that are problematic to the US with respect to China: closed markets; intellectual property protection; industrial espionage, which includes c...

Under army regulations, training recruits got a five-day leave every few months during fironut. My first one came a bit later than usual, due to Rotem. But in April 1960, shortly before the Passover holiday, I headed back to Mishmar Hasharon. Despite my minor triumph of desert na...

…l? If you were 10 times smarter than the rest of the world? Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.)...

Kapusta was our guide on our punishing five-day treks through the Negev. Though Avraham would see us off at the start, he stayed back at the base. In a couple of the exercises, we relied on carrier pigeons to keep in touch with the base, until Kapusta began killing them for dinne...

… crack the German Enigma cipher. This alliance expanded to include Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the so- called Five Eyes Alliance. Because over 80 percent of international phone calls and Internet traffic passed through fiber-optic cables in these five countries, the all...

…outh Korea, and Eva’s smile is as wide as the ocean. “And now that we know what Miss Universe will win, let’s see which five girls are still in the running!” Barker pauses, like the expert broadcaster he is. Eva’s chest _ tightens. There are twelve women onstage, all of them beau...