Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years that Norman Rockwell practiced his clean-scrubbed style of American optimism, from World War I to Vietnam, barely a single image delved into anything deeper than a smitten heart or a sweet longing for home. Only late in life did Rockwell's work begin to turn from ingrained nostalgia to a grittier reality, most notably in The Problem We All Live With, a 1964 painting of a young black girl on her way to school escorted by federal Marshals. His commonfolk, humorous and brave and spiritual to the core, became icons to generations. Yet a lifetime's work--nearly...
...hardware, software and services) that links individual businesses to their suppliers, customers, partners and distributors. "The true value in B2B is when it is i-to-i, that is, industry to industry," Ma says. "So in the case of the chemicals manufacturers, it will be when they can effectively begin selling their products over the Internet, not just to other chemical companies but to building-supply companies, automotive companies and agricultural companies. When those business webs are formed, B2B on the Net will have come...
...pace to sell twice that many. "It's no secret to most Americans that neither the government nor the company you work for is going to be there for you in retirement," says Peter Smail, president of Fidelity's Institutional Retirement Services Co. This fall Fidelity will begin offering a cyber version of the traditional 401(k), known as the e401(k). It's a full-service 401(k), in which fixed percentages of employee savings are matched by employers in a tax-deferred investment fund administered by the employer through the Internet. The plan, designed for small businesses, includes...
...will begin the task in Pristina. In particular, he is hoping he can get the Kosovo Liberation Army to cooperate with the U.N. That may be tough. K.L.A. insiders say Holbrooke's word doesn't mean as much as that of State Department spokesman James Rubin, who helped broker the deal that gave the K.L.A. a political boost. U.S. intelligence officials in Pristina are openly questioning the wisdom of cooperating with the K.L.A., which so far has delivered little more than revenge killings, rapes and headaches...
...standing room crowd at Memorial Church voted that afternoon to begin the historic three-day student "strike" on classes as a protest to the police action...