Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council battles for more money for student groups, it is also increasingly giving up control over how those grants are distributed...
...think this decision in itself will beimportant to our efforts to control abuse ofalcohol by Harvard students," Lewis wrote...
...Internet has quickly tightened the bind for the Chinese government. "On the one hand, authorities know they need computers for economic progress," says McGeary. "But the downside is what actually happens when people have access to computers." The anarchic nature of the Internet makes it very difficult for a controlled society to... well, control. "What is fascinating," says McGeary, "is how deeply the authorities seemed to feel was the threat in this case." Subversion is one of China's most serious crimes. As such, the Chinese response represents one of the best testimonials yet to the potential of the Internet...
...wrong. I agree with the cheerleaders that the Net will transform our world--just not overnight. The hype is out of control, and even the Netxecutives acknowledge it. They have been selling their own stock lately, and the pace will quicken in coming months as these insiders become free to trade tens of millions of "locked up" shares resulting from recent IPOs. If you have a pulse, you've wondered how much longer prices can remain untethered to any valuation benchmark. You may also have wondered how you can profit when many Net stocks inevitably fall...
ABCs pays scant attention, however, to such grim issues as the rapid rise of HIV and AIDS in Russia or to the country's continued reliance on abortion as the preferred form of birth control. Perhaps because of this, book sales have been brisk and the publisher is talking about a second printing. Zhirinovsky announced last week that he'll soon run for governor of a Russian region--which one remains to be announced. Then he flew off to Libya, his fifth visit to pal Muammar Gaddafi in the past year...