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...toward the Internet in late 1995. How a plague of paper records at his Redmond, Wash., headquarters was all but eradicated under his guidance. And so on. But the boldest, broadest stroke of all is this: at a time when the Justice Department appears likely to pop the software Goliath one on the chin, Gates studiously manages to keep mum on the ongoing antitrust trial. Not one peep of anger, frustration or resignation is allowed to pass his literary lips...
Admittedly, there are a few of us who have recoiled at the thought of augmenting this Gothic Goliath. But for many of us, the idea of restoring our venerable building to the glory and stature it once knew is a welcome one. The missing tower was a sign that Mem Hall was somehow unfinished; the rebuilding project is a nice symbolic and aesthetic move to complete the structure...
Admittedly, there are a few of us who have recoiled at the thought of augmenting this Gothic Goliath. But for many of us, the idea of restoring our venerable building to the glory and stature it once knew is a welcome one. The missing tower was a sign that Mem Hall was somehow unfinished; the rebuilding project is a nice symbolic and aesthetic move to complete the structure...
Whoa. Just a decade ago, Nissan was synonymous with Japan Inc., the business goliath that was devouring America. The auto company's fuel-thrifty sedans and zippy 240Z sports car put the fear in Detroit long before the Toyota Camry or Honda Accord ever saw a drafting table. Nissan's success gave weight to the myth that Japanese companies were run by enlightened executives who worked in frictionless synchronicity with workers to produce superior cars. In his best-selling book The Reckoning, David Halberstam suggested that U.S. industry, namely the Ford Motor Co., would be consigned to a never-ending...
...While the Harvard College Library system keeps no record of its books by size, librarian lore points to this Russian goliath. Thanks to Houghton librarian Susan Halpert, a woman well-acquainted with the anomalies of the literary world, FM presents the biggest book: an 1856 depiction of the coronation of Tsar Alexander II is, in fact, Houghton's biggest book...