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...context of recent developments, President Bush's musings on CEO responsibility are as understated as the expenses in WorldCom's financial statements, the flashpoint for new worries of widespread accounting abuse. WorldCom said that an internal review uncovered huge hidden expenses--mostly line charges that it pays to other telecom carriers--that were characterized as capital investments, a gimmick that boosted its profits...
Since Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 made his notorious comments last spring, grade inflation at Harvard has been a flashpoint of controversy on campus. More recently, articles in major newspapers such as the Boston Globe and The New York Times, inflammatory comments by a Tufts University dean and a report released by the College have brought the issue into the spotlight once again...
...Because of the proximity of its Catholic and Protestant residents, Ardoyne has been a flashpoint throughout a tense summer in which the Northern Ireland peace process ground to a halt. Protestant residents have vowed to stop the girls passing through their neighborhood in order to protest alleged Republican attacks. Police say extremist paramilitaries from both sides of the sectarian divide are active in the area. But the scale of the violence and hatred in Ardoyne has now prompted the leaders of most Loyalist parties to condemn the protestors...
...streets bear new pocks from the bullets that flew here late last year. Herod's ancient platform had been closed since last fall to all but Islamic worshippers to avoid further confrontation: Sharon's directive last week to reopen it to non-Muslims may make it a flashpoint again. Travel in the area is the riskiest in a decade, and a U.S. State Department warning against it remains in effect...
While Ricoh was first to market with a Web-enabled digital camera, the competition is coming on strong. Two California software companies, FlashPoint and ActiveShare, are working to make Web-coding capabilities standard features on the internal operating systems of digital cameras. The companies have begun testing wireless solutions with insurance companies and Web auction houses. By next year, Internet-ready SprintPCS phones will be able to hook up to a Kodak DC290 digital camera and send pictures to a Sprint website. Polaroid is developing a $350 digital camera with a built-in modem for release next spring. The first...