Word: grayed
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...genes in a living cell, the microcodes on a computer chip carry the instructions that control the chip's functions. Manufacturers safeguard the valuable microcodes with copyrights, but their legality has been a vexing question. No longer. In a landmark ruling last week in San Jose, Federal Judge William Gray upheld a microcode copyright used by Intel Corp., the world's largest producer of microprocessors. The decision came in a dispute that began in 1984 when Japan's NEC challenged the copyright. Intel responded that NEC had illegally used the code in its own products. But while Gray upheld...
Last week Bush also got a whiff of trouble in what he promised would be a squeaky clean Administration. It came from none other than his chief ethics officer, C. Boyden Gray, the man responsible for vetting the nomination of John Tower and advising others in the Administration that they must give up outside income and jobs: Secretary of State James Baker, for one, would have to resolve the potential conflict posed by his holdings in Chemical New York Corp., a bank that holds a significant amount of Third World debt...
Although "the force of proxies is a matter of influence and persuasion," said Elizabeth A. Gray, secretary to the Harvard committee which reviews the University's investments, "they are a pretty effective communication device...
Proxy votes for RJR-Nabisco and Philip Morris Companies, Inc., another tobacco manufacturer in which Harvard owns stock, are scheduled to take place this spring, Gray said. According to Harvard's finance report for last year, the University held more than $27 million in Philip Morris stock. At that time, Philip Morris was Harvard's third-largest public stock investment...
...debates about proxy votes may be meaningless in the long run. Gray said this week that she thinks the RJR-Nabisco vote might be cancelled, while Peterson said he assumes "if there's any final vote, it's to approve the buyout...