Word: frontieres
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...things must happen. The Internet may come under the thumb of capitalism, become less accessible to the average user and naturally attain the basic standards of propriety and decency found in other media like newspapers and television. We will look back and marvel at the days when the electronic frontier seemed like the Wild West. Alternatively, if we want this new medium to be an unprecedented democratic experiment in free expression, we should start thinking about new rules to play...
...travel," says Allen Sinai, the president and chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics in Boston. "Future economic historians will write about this as a major event in our history." Concurs Joseph Stiglitz, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers: "In the 19th century, the frontier of America was moving from agriculture to manufacturing. Today the frontier is going from manufacturing to services and technology, much of which can be exported." While this revolution has been under way since the 1960s, technology keeps accelerating the pace of change and hence the seemingly sudden development of job opportunities...
...menacing statements from Syria, Israeli defense officials say, they noticed that Assad was training his forces more aggressively, emphasizing attack rather than defense strategies. Most ominously, he moved his 14th division, an elite commando outfit, from Beirut, where it protects Syrian interests in Lebanon, to positions close to the frontier with Israel. Syrian officials say the recent activity is defensive and insist they have no plans to strike. Moreover, many Arab analysts accuse Israel of playing up the war talk as a means of diverting attention from the paralysis in the peace process since Netanyahu came to power. "This...
...went on to write a book, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (Addison Wesley; 1993), about his experiences. Like many who write about the future, he persuaded himself that he could make his dream come true. I wish him luck, but prefer to keep lurking. If you need me, I'll be reading the tabloids and talking Tesh at the vodka...
...need for the U.N. humanitarian and military intervention that has been hurriedly assembled over the past few days. Refugees said some Hutu troops had fired into the air to stop the refugees from leaving, but they were overwhelmed by a wave of people moving toward Goma and the Rwandan frontier beyond. "The Interahamwe are going. They wanted us to go with them," said one Rwandan. "Most of us want to go home." Reports, however, have differed; some arriving refugees said the Zairian rebels had entered the camp as the Hutu militias retreated, while others maintained that the militias were still...