Word: firming
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Beyond Harvard, there are other ways to act to bring change. Consider the ethics of the firm you may work for after graduation. Is it a company with values like Exxon's or Union Carbide's? Does it finance "development" projects that lead to destruction of native cultures and rainforests? Does it exploit laborers such as native American migrant farm workers? By making far-sighted choices about who we work for and how we live, we can help to bring about the changes which must by made if we are to move beyond this time of crisis and create...
When LeeMah DataCom Security wanted to demonstrate the impregnability of its computer safeguard, the company decided to lay down a dare. The California firm, which provides equipment to protect mainframes against interlopers, challenged U.S. computer hackers to crack its code during a weeklong contest. In messages sent to electronic bulletin boards frequently used by hackers, LeeMah promised that any successful code breaker would win a trip for two to St. Moritz or Tahiti. More than 7,000 phone calls came into LeeMah from dozens of hackers trying to beat the system, but none were able to retrieve the hidden message...
...freshly organized reform groups into the dialogue. "Our society already has enough democratic forums in which different interests from various parts of the population can express themselves," he said. While Krenz acknowledged that "problems in recent months had not been sufficiently assessed," he stated that the party would maintain firm control. "Socialism," he said, "is not negotiable." His only conciliatory gesture was a hint that travel restrictions might be relaxed. At the same time, he encouraged East Germans to stay home, and admitted that the flight of 135,000 citizens this year was "a draining of a lifeblood" that amounted...
...Most schools are not familiar with antitrust investigations and what they entail," says Ronald G. Carr, who is representing Princeton University for the Washington-based firm of Morrison and Foerster...
Like Princeton, Harvard went after a big-name firm, settling on Daniel K. Mayers '55, a senior partner for Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering. The choice surprised few: Wilmer, Cutler's attorneys are considered the most talented, not to mention the most well-connected, corporate litigators in the capital...