Word: access
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...among working-class blacks. They also urged a "domestic Marshall Plan," as well as wage and price controls. Although the black family's problems do not seem soluble by quick fixes, there are a few heartening signs. Among black teenagers, the birth rate has declined slightly; more effective access to contraception could accelerate that trend. Some recent research has found that the "culture of poverty" is escapable. According to one University of Michigan study, most children from poor families do not become impoverished adults...
...Calgary Winter Games with an unprecedented offer of $309 million. Said William Suter, who follows broadcasting at Merrill Lynch: "It was a natural fit. They'll do a lot for each other." ABC will gain a huge audience of subscribers, and ESPN will share in ABC's access to events like the U.S. Open golf tournament. Together, the two networks will have even greater bidding power on future events...
Even when they can be traced, computer trespassing and data theft are particularly difficult to prosecute. Most states have no specific laws against breaking into computers via telephone lines or even deleting information stored within the machines. Says SRI's Parker: "If someone merely gained access to a computer and you could not prove malicious intent, he probably would not be prosecuted." Laws written years ago to deal with tangible property do not cover cases in which information is stolen from a computer data base, copied and then returned...
...protect the players, the Athletic Department will fence off a path from the Dillon Field House to Harvard Stadium and access to Quincy House will be limited to residents. Both the Quincy House tutors and the athletes will need to show special identification badges to be allowed in the courtyard...
...Mike Wallace never called about the program, and Mr. Kowet never called to check as to whether Mr. Wallace ever made such a call." Kowet concedes that he did not check his account with Rosenthal and says that Wallace refused him an interview. He adds that CBS blocked his access to other employees; CBS denies that it did so. Kowet explains that he was able to "re-create" conversations quoted in A Matter of Honor by using information from a variety of documents and unnamed sources inside and outside...