Word: arens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...zealot--I use Microsoft Internet Explorer over Netscape Navigator because I think it's a better product--but it seems like most people aren't aware of the ferocious campaign Microsoft is waging on all fronts of the computer revolution. The scariest part is, it's doing a hell...
...People can't go to college because they can't afford it. It's a class issue now," she says. "A lot of students aren't making decisions based on what they want, they choose their career path based on income, not merit...
Chicago's move toward required service raises a new set of complications. Can struggling urban schools afford to build good community-service programs--ones that count hours, find worthwhile volunteering opportunities and make sure the students aren't toiling at filing cabinets? And should inner-city students be asked to shove aside family duties and needed jobs--to say nothing of homework--to make room for the new requirement...
Life for those who aren't incarcerated isn't as bleak, but these dissidents are scarcely more effective in promoting change than are their jailed counterparts. For example, Chen Ziming and Zhai Weimin, two leaders of the 1989 protests, are under virtual house arrest, and Chen is reportedly in poor health...
...Japan tried the unthinkable: regulators let a prominent yet insolvent bank, Hokkaido Takushoku, go bust. Instead of a panic, Japan's Western-style measure elicited a Western-style response: stocks surged 11% in two days. Imagine the rally if they had killed a bigger bank. Investors in the U.S. aren't strangers to the perversity of free markets. How many times have you seen a company so down that it says it must shed thousands of jobs, and the stock zooms? So ingrained is this convoluted logic that the mere appointment of a CEO known for tough love can send...