A rich, productive continent, which has produced arguably the most decent societies in human history, is tearing itself apart because its elite insisted on embarking on a dubious monetary project, and now can't bring itself to take the steps necessary to give that project a chance of working.
Enron says that it is willing to discuss the report, but that there is no basis for proper talks until Maharashtra restructures the MSEB's parlous finances and thus gives the project a chance of surviving its planned 20-year life without further crises.
After some consideration, the then 28-year-old chef agreed he would sell part of his businesses in Italy and give the Coney Island project a chance, providing he was able to make gelato the same way he did at his stores in Italy: where lemons are squeezed by hand, and the frozen delicacy is consumed on the same day it was made.
The key to this unique campus collaboration was Weinberg-Wolf, who found in the project a chance to bridge her interest in biology and in museum curation.
While searching for a thesis project, a chance encounter with an unfamiliar mathematical symbol introduced him to the fledgling field of supersymmetry and changed both the field and his life.2 He quickly rose as a leader in supersymmetry during his postgraduate studies3 at Harvard University (1977-1980) and the California Institute of Technology (1980-1982).
Energy projects must be reliable over long lifetimes, but nascent companies supplying parts to these projects have a chance of failing before that lifecycle is complete.
These are men in search of impact.Money mattersOnly with generous financial backing do any of these ambitious projects stand a chance of coming to fruition.
He announces the results of a contest called "How You Built That," in which small-scale entrepreneurs have submitted their projects for a chance to appear on the show.
Though the trials were intense, Teller says they were surprisingly fun; it was the first time teams that had been working for months on their own projects had a chance to meet and put their work on display.
For the Science Museum, both projects offer a chance to get visitors to the museum involved directly in science.
One employee might respond most positively to a quick 15-minute review of current projects, with a chance to ask key questions and then get back to work.
