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...branch predictor unit anticipates the most likely path the instructions will take, thus getting a head start on the work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW THE CHIP WORKS | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...thing, Clinton has said too often that the initiative's work is a top priority of his second term. But, more concretely, it has turned into the Initiative That Ate the Executive Branch. There are 30 people assigned to it, more than work on the entire White House domestic-policy operation. And that's not counting White House officials, like deputy chief of staff Sylvia Mathews, who spend long hours managing it, or the Cabinet secretaries and federal employees who have been ordered to come up with projects that deal with race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACE IN AMERICA: WHY TALK IS NOT CHEAP | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

Quincy House: Abigail R. Branch, social studies; Supinda Bunyavanich, environmental science and public policy; Angeline Y. Chong, biology; Ryan H. Dougherty, biochemical sciences; Fotini V. Katopodes, engineering sciences; Peter Y. Lee, history and science; Nishit Saran, visual and environmental studies; Jason W. Veysey, government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappa Elections | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

Keith Brown, a shift supervisor at the new coffee shop, said the Starbucks management team had taken pains to make the new branch blend into its multicultural environment...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Starbucks Finds Central Square a Tough Blend | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...there's a lot of talk, and a lot of talk about talking. Will any of it get anywhere? The Pentagon remains skeptical about how far the relatively new and moderate Khatami can go with his olive branch, given the entrenched opposition of Iran's hard-line ruling clergy. "To succeed," says MacLeod, "Khatami has to overcome hardliners within the Iranian system, and hawkish elements in the U.S. who oppose any rapprochement with Tehran." But he's already come a long way. Who'd have thought we'd ever hear "I take this opportunity to pay my respects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking in the Gulf | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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