Word: barrette
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...doing the Deepak Chopra thing just to drive her mother crazy.) So while the idea of testing TT was all Emily's, her parents were only too eager to bring her up to speed on the scientific method and statistical analysis. Moreover, mother and stepfather, along with Dr. Stephen Barrett, chairman of an outfit called Quackwatch Inc., helped her write the paper. Linda, in fact, is credited as lead author...
...Michael Barrett, Geocities' 35-year-old ad director, concedes that the image of GeoCities as a high-traffic, low-value enterprise is the "initial perception about building your brand in a self-publishing environment." But he counters that argument by pointing out that "there's a user passion that you don't get at slick, professionally produced sites. And it's reflected in a much better click-through rate." He claims that 4 percent of visitors click through ads on GeoCities' pages, as opposed to the industry standard 1 percent. "Top national advertisers are less concerned with the quality...
STEPPING ASIDE. ANDREW GROVE, 61, as CEO of Intel Corp.; in Santa Clara, Calif. Under Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year, Intel became the world's leading chipmaker. He remains chairman; Craig Barrett, 58, is his well-groomed successor...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Andrew Grove has resigned as CEO of microchip giant Intel, and will be replaced by his No. 2, Craig Barrett, it was announced this morning. Grove, who is battling prostate cancer, will stay on as chairman. "I would like to focus more of my time on broad strategic issues concerning the industry and Intel," he said in a statement. Wall Street was unfazed by the news as Intel stock rose $1 in midday trading, and the company said it would increase its stock buyback plan by 100 million shares to 129.8 million...
...Grove, who was TIME's Man of the Year in 1997, worked at Intel from the corporation's founding in 1968, and became CEO in 1987. When Barrett, who had overseen much of Intel's product development over the past decade, was made president in 1997, it was widely speculated that he was being groomed as Grove's successor...