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...been a rough several months for the Harvard network. Back in September, extremely high traffic brought the network to a grinding halt. Earlier this month, Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) restricted outbound network traffic because of the extremely high load. Now HASCS is contemplating the creation of a firewall, a barrier that would prevent outside computers from accessing data on student computers. The firewall might help reduce the traffic that has been slowing and destabilizing the network for months, but it is vital that any firewall be designed to give students the maximum degree of flexibility in their...
...what is perhaps his weirdest scheme, Hugh teams up with younger brother Tony in an enterprise to grow and export hazelnuts from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. The $118 million venture comes to a screeching halt when Bill and Hillary discover that the brothers' business partner also happens to be the chief political rival of Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, a key U.S. ally. Months later, Hugh and Tony were back in the headlines - the brothers reportedly thought it might be OK if they stopped actually growing the nuts and just kept exporting them. Once again, the White House...
...Losers ABDURRAHMAN WAHID People Power III? Like Estrada, Indonesia's P.M. is losing allies and sliding toward impeachment AUGUSTO PINOCHET UGARTE Quick, act sick! Judge puts Chile's ex-dictator under house arrest on murder and kidnap charges SEGA Dream-cast aside. Company to halt production of console. What's a hedgehog to do? Verbatim...
...soft landing is a distant memory. Now Greenspan is looking for a hard bounce-back, and that takes not only cheaper money but good psychology. And with the economy - two thirds of which is in consumers' trembling hands - not only screeching to a halt but starting to spew smoke from under the hood, three quarters of a point looks like the only shot in the arm in Dr. Greenspan's medicine cabinet...
...will be under constant pressure to do more. The Bush suggestion box is bursting with helpful hints from supporters who want W. to hack away at Clinton initiatives on everything from restricting diesel-truck emissions to costly ergonomic workplace rules. Miners have asked Bush to halt Clinton's aggressive use of an 1872 mining law that the industry says makes it too easy to block development. Business groups want to overturn a rule that bars companies from federal contracts if they have been accused of violating a federal law. Microsoft hopes that Bush's body language from the campaign means...