Word: efforts
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Although Ecevit's government had been in power less than three months, it had already begun chipping at a paternalistic state in an effort to push Turkey into the ranks of developed countries. The Prime Minister says he is determined to maintain that momentum despite the new demands of reconstruction. "We have no right to lose our energy or our dynamism," he told TIME in an interview...
Although the case involved a phone company's effort to broaden its right to circulate information among its own divisions, the decision hit a raw nerve--the one that jangles with every telemarketing call. True, all manner of corporations are already trading your personal details in an estimated $3 billion-a-year data market. Most websites are collecting your browsing preferences on the sly, many banks are selling account records on the open market, and sensitive medical files remain vulnerable to snooping. "Americans have little clue about what happens to their personal information," says John Featherman, president of Privacy Protectors...
...soft money in 1997 and have largely stuck to their decision. Wall Street buyout pioneer Jerome Kohlberg has formed an advocacy group that backs candidates who favor campaign-finance reform, and has assembled a cadre of retired corporate chieftains, plus mega-investor Warren Buffett, in support of the effort. "This is the first time a significant number of people in the business community have said enough is enough," says Charles Kolb, president of the Committee for Economic Development...
...yesterday afternoon, a petition calling for the referendum had been signed by 820 students, well beyond the 663 needed to force a vote, said Anjalee C. Davis '96, a former council member who organized the effort...
Davis' petition effort was supported by sevenhouse committees, which helped table for thereferendum in dining halls. Davis herself tabledin North House and the Freshman Union...