Word: demanding
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...spies gathered with little malice and, if one looked closely, a hint of warmth. Montgomery recalled the early 1950s as the "golden age of human espionage in Berlin." Peter Sichel, a CIA station chief, noted that the more information the spies produced, the more their bosses wanted. "Demand just kept growing," Sichel said. One of the early CIA exploits was Operation Gold, an ingenious tunnel under East Berlin that was used to tap Soviet telephone lines. Unknown to the CIA at the time, however, George Blake, a Russian mole in the British secret service, revealed plans for the tunnel...
Money is tacky in Silicon Valley. Equity is always a better way to go. It shows you have faith in the future, belief in your partners and, most important, guts. So it makes sense that p.r. executives--who are as powerful in Silicon Valley as they are in Hollywood--demand stock in their clients' start-ups. But even stock may not be enough. Simone Otus, 39, co-founder of p.r. firm Blanc & Otus, takes on only companies that offer status. "We want to pitch the really hot companies to build our own brand value," she explains from her ancillary...
Manufacturers hope the ease of the interface will win over people who have given up mastering their VCRs. The result, if users embrace it, is the telefuturist's grail: TV on demand. "It takes away the meaning of prime time," says Rob Enderle, an analyst at Giga Information Group. "The time a show is broadcast becomes meaningless." ReplayTV allows users to create "channels" based on search criteria, like home-improvement shows or Steve McQueen movies. TiVo lets you search by category and makes recommendations based on how you have rated other programs...
...assistant last week. Now--maybe--I won't have to write about PDAs for a while. I am sick of them, frankly. That type of appliance just doesn't suit me. As a writer, Web browser and unrepentant Quake player, I'm strictly a laptop kind of guy. I demand more screen real estate than you get on a device small enough to fit in your shirt pocket. Also, I don't have enough friends or business associates to necessitate an e-address book...
Salzberg says that as the high tech industry continues to grow in the West, the demand for job candidates with the right skills has started to override the significance of a prestigious college education, even at Harvard...