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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...personal office. Albright moved the meeting into a larger conference room, telling the participants that she preferred to avoid the bureaucracy and go to staffers directly. In fact, her disregard for normal protocol was well-known at the State Department because as U.N. ambassador she frequently called desk officers directly to ask for specific information on foreign countries...

Author: By William P. Moynahan, | Title: A Bright Future | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Within the past 20 years, computers have gone from being relative rarities outside of science departments to fixtures on virtually every desk on campus. By 1986, "everyone was using computers," says Richard C. Marius, the former director of the Expository Writing program...

Author: By Karen M. Paik, | Title: Computers Revolutionize Harvard's Academic Life | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 wanted to put a chicken in every pot, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) said in October that it wants to put a computer on every desk...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Decentralization Impedes Implementation of IT Reforms | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Sitting on the corner of Provost Albert Carnesale's desk in Mass. Hall are three wooden boxes labeled "IN," "OUT," and "TOO HARD." For Harvard's high level administrators, this is representative of Carnesale's good natured humor...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, S | Title: The Changing of the Guard | 6/4/1997 | See Source »

Fineberg's office is more a comfortable living room, with a desk recessed in a corner, out of sight. His large glasses and unrestrained smile give him an academic, owl-like look, which matches well his four Harvard degrees...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, S | Title: The Changing of the Guard | 6/4/1997 | See Source »

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