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Witness the latest gem from Al Gore '69: "My mother always made it clear to my sister and me that women and men were equal--if not more...
...developing nations an increased policymaking role within them. However, major contributors such as the U.S. are likely to continue to insist that representation within the organizations be largely proportional to the size of a nation's financial commitment. If the developed world is not going to give others an equal voice at the table, it at least ought to heed the IMF and World Bank when they offer anti-poverty proposals that would be simple to implement. We have already noted the Clinton administration's shameful refusal (largely under pressure from domestic labor unions) to open markets to the exports...
...withheld technical support and raised the price it charged IBM for Windows. And Microsoft used its Windows monopoly to help its applications division--the programmers who write software like Microsoft Word--by giving them preferred access to the complex Windows source code. Non-Microsoft programmers have long asked for equal access to the source code--but Microsoft has steadfastly refused to give...
...other leading scenario is to slice Microsoft into several "Baby Bills": mirror-image companies that all have equal rights to Windows. An advantage to this approach is that it would create real competition in the operating-system market. Since the Baby Bills would be fighting for market share, each would have a strong incentive to improve Windows--to offer it more cheaply, to make it more crash resistant...
However, if it continues to be included, a more appropriate way for RUS and TBTN to address this issue would be to allow Harvard Students for Choice and Harvard Right to Life equal time to coordinate events during the week. The atmosphere at the recent panel about abortion at the Institute of Politics was incredibly thoughtful and respectful. RUS has the resources and stature plan a similar discussion instead of assuming, as they currently do, that a Harvard woman must be a pro-abortion woman...