Word: fixed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Starr's fix bears a passing resemblance to that old game-theory staple, the prisoner's dilemma. In that game the suspects in a crime are isolated from one another and invited to cooperate. If they all stay quiet, they'll be O.K., but if anyone confesses, the others go to jail. Each prisoner then has to calculate his own odds by guessing at his accomplices' instincts for self-preservation...
...ultimately, many gay and lesbian employeessay the domestic partner benefit plan is only apartial fix in the absence of national, universalhealth care...
Harvard improved its already strong financial position in the '80s when it, in concert with other top schools, conspired to illegally fix tuition costs and eliminate merit-based financial aid. This practice increased tuition rates much more rapidly than most family incomes. Knowles would have more accurately described expanding financial aid as returning illegally-obtained funds to the American public. If the administration is serious about making the Harvard experience available to all, it should move to increase financial aid to working-class families. CHRISTOPHER G. ROBERTS '01 March...
...Digest has a tremendous amount of hidden value. They have locked horns over how to unlock that value for shareholders. "This is a $3 billion global business," says Craig Monaghan, Reader's Digest treasurer. "When it's running properly, it's a cash machine. It hums. We need to fix that...
...fix it] we went and we got a copy of the core dump--a dump of information that UNIX will give you that allows you to troubleshoot the problem," Tumas said...