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...were thrilled to have equal access to the riches in the course catalog. What would take us longer to realize was that, despite this academic breakthrough, faculty and administration attitudes did not keep pace with our heightened expectations...
...things, the largest of which was a deal in which each side agreed to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium. That pact, combined with one creating in Moscow a joint U.S.-Russian center to monitor missile launches, allowed Clinton aides to proclaim a "highly significant and unprecedented" breakthrough in the arms talks. And in some ways it is; 68 tons of weapons-grade plutonium is enough to create 8,000 Hiroshima-sized nukes, and disposing of the that is always nice, even if it will cost an estimated $5.75 billion (the U.S. will appeal to other countries...
While this investment frenzy has chilled a little of late, what has driven it is a simple realization: we're on the brink of a major technosocial upheaval that's right up there with the steam engine, car, TV and computer. It promises the ultimate technological breakthrough for the information age. Virtually all information will be available to you at all times, whether you're taking a day off from work, visiting the in-laws or traveling to Fiji. With the importance of physical location diminished, even irrelevant, you'll be able to answer an e-mail from your boss...
...simple explanation: Nokia's phones work well and look great. The company, notes Josephthal & Co.'s Mirva Anttila, was the first to recognize that different models would appeal to different market segments--teenagers, the fashion-conscious, bargain hunters and mobile professionals. The 2100 series, unveiled in 1994, was its breakthrough product, the first with changeable face plates and an attractively curvy design. Nokia reinvented the mobile phone as an accessory that more and more people just had to have...
...Adam Zagorin, the U.S. economy has not cooled at the rate many economists had hoped - and with a madly successful economy comes an astronomical rate of energy consumption. That demand, of course, means higher prices. And given the parched state of America's oil stocks before OPEC's March breakthrough, explains Zagorin, we remain highly susceptible to any unexpected cutbacks or shortages. When OPEC meets again in June, Secretary Richardson will be there to urge another oil production increase, and if his demands are met, the administration predicts gas prices will drop in time for foliage-gazing this autumn. That...