Word: accessed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...April 20, 1999: Officials of Harvard University and Radcliffe College announced that Radcliffe would be absorbed under the University's umbrella as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 120 years after it first gave women access to a Harvard education. Officials said the Institute would "sustain a commitment to the study of women, gender and society." Under the proposed agreement, Radcliffe would be placed on an equal administrative footing with the University's nine faculties. Linda S. Wilson, Radcliffe's seventh and final president, announced that she would step down from her post in June. The fate of Radcliffe...
...most part, succeeded in avoiding any kind of in-depth public scrutiny. Criticisms that the Ad Board should adopt court-like procedures have been deftly deflected by administrators who insist the board is an educational, rather than legal, institution. And, as ethics of privacy prevent public access to specific cases, it is difficult to gauge empirically whether these procedures are truly fair...
...Even Microsoft, famed for its stock-option millionaires, is losing talent to Internet easy money. Yesterday the Seattle Times reported that the company's head of MSN Access, John Ludwig, is taking an extended leave of absence. It's not clear that he's headed for a Net newcomer, but that's exactly what others before him have done. Last summer Peter Neupert, one of Microsoft's biggest new media advocates, left to run Drugstore.com, a site now backed by Amazon. MORE...
...guns. I called the New York police to find out if they would pick up some guns from my apartment. They told me to sell them to a gun dealer. I told them I thought footage of the police gun-retrieval squad at my apartment would be more Access Hollywood-friendly than a tape of me and a gun dealer. They put me on the phone with Detective Walter Burnes, who said I'd probably get a visit if I called 911. "If I'm the desk sergeant, I send the car over for anything," he explained. "You tell...
...asking her nicely doesn't work, visit shareware.com for a software solution. The Block for Macs uses an elaborate password system, while Encrypted Magic Folders for PCs hides files and folders. For the truly paranoid, RedHand Pro (PC) blocks access to programs and websites, disables the modem and password-protects your entire PC. It even logs attempted break-ins. First time with shareware? Download WinZip (PC) or StuffIt Expander (Mac) first; you'll need them to open the programs...