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...NACAC needs them a hell of a lot more than they need NACAC,” he said. “If it’s a blinking match, I’ll tell you who will blink first. [NACAC membership] is not considered to be the Holy Grail. There’s talk that a lot of colleges are going to pull...
Rather than snuffing the dispute, Johnson inflamed it, threatening the holy grail of corporate perks--membership at Augusta. Says Burk, taking the next shot: "We'd like to look at the corporations the members represent and how memberships can be reconciled with corporate policies against discrimination and marketing practices to women. And I would also be interested as to who is paying for the memberships...
...holy grail of speech science--making conversation with a computer easier than typing--is still a long way off. Today's software makes lots of mistakes, and its main market is users who have no other option, including office workers who suffer from carpal-tunnel syndrome. Yet progress is being made, and Kanevsky's technology is sneaking into daily life. His employer, IBM, and competitors Nuance and Speechworks offer enterprise products that replace those endless touch-tone-phone menus with a computerized attendant that can connect you directly to the right person. The big users are banks and airlines...
...fuel cells placed in individual buildings could replace many of today's giant electric plants. But that will not happen unless the technology is refined and the cost drops. "A hydrogen economy," says Alan Nogee of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a U.S. environmental group, "is the Holy Grail...
Southeast Asia's battle of the beaches has been raging since sun, surf and sand became a holiday Holy Grail to hordes of package tourists from cooler climes. Each season trumpets the discovery of yet another dream beach: lush palms, seafood fresh from the net, and miles of white sand, unblemished by footprints. Given the conflicting demands for laid-back escape and sumptuous lodging, nowhere has managed the mix better than Thailand. In the 1970s it was Pattaya. The 1980s: Phuket. Resorts by the score are already pining to supplant Ko Samui, favored destination of the '90s. Yet the victor...