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...from shady middlemen who see the war as a perfect chance for price gouging. Says a spokesman: "An AK-47 normally costs $100, but we always end up paying at least double." That is nothing compared with the cost for mortars and other ammunition, let alone for the high-tech antitank weapons the K.L.A. at Kosare needs. New K.L.A. recruits are flea-market soldiers, carrying illegally acquired (or stolen) guns and identified by K.L.A. shoulder patches made in Germany. Heavier weapons come largely from East European countries--including the occasional Serbian commander willing to sell for cash...
...surprise that high-tech companies rarely hire liberal-arts graduates. "Our p.r. people, our marketers, even our attorneys have technical talent," says Tracy Koon, director of corporate affairs at Intel. The need for technical expertise is so pervasive that even retailers are demanding such skills. "Company-wide, we're looking for students with specific information-systems skills," says David McDearmon, director of field human resources at Dollar Tree Stores. "Typically we shy away from independent-college students who don't have them...
...usefully applied to the discussion of RSIs at Harvard. One of the central RSI mysteries is its reputation as a strictly Harvard problem. Last year, even as the least fatalistic Harvard undergraduates began to resign themselves to the inevitability of voice-activation software and scribes (a combination of high-tech wizardry and ancient luxury that did have a certain appeal), it was hard to ignore the fact that our long-distance boyfriends and high school roommates and co-salutatorians attending other similarly stressful and high-powered colleges had never heard of it. Even Harvard students had trouble believing they were...
...trust exists between students and administrators, making it less likely for kids to offer information about students on the edge. (Even at touchy-feely Trumbull, sophomore Mike Schubert notes the dangers: "You want to keep your mouth shut, or you might end up dead somewhere.") What's more, the high-tech gizmos probably couldn't have prevented any of the shootings of the past two years...
Research and innovation are expensive, and muchof it takes place in academic medical centers.Moreover, these hospitals provide much of thenation's high-tech care, Martin says...