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...recent release of the second issue of The Harvard Quarterly provided much of the impetus that is spurring the more established magazines to seek out new writers and to maintain originality...
...outdone, Wall Street's investment bankers are lining up for their share of the money to be made from the wreckage of the '80s. Observes Robert Reich, professor of political economy and management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government: "Much of the impetus behind the leveraged buyouts was to bust up companies that were frantically put together in the '70s. Many times it was the same investment bankers and lawyers who then proceeded to take them apart in the '80s. In the '90s these same teams will work on reducing debt loads to strengthen core businesses...
...accident gave new impetus to local efforts to require double hulls on all new tankers. But unlike Exxon, whose response to last year's catastrophic oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound was too little and too late, British Petroleum, the company leasing the tanker, lost no time in launching a cleanup. "Their response has been without equal," said a Coast Guard spokesman. "The people and the equipment were ready...
...over the past 15 years. But as part of his reforms, President Mikhail Gorbachev is permitting much freer emigration than his country has ever seen. One of the unpleasant side effects of glasnost has been the rapid rise of anti-Semitism and right-wing Russian nationalism, which adds impetus to Jewish departures. A bill now before the parliament in Moscow will remove almost all limits on citizens who want to leave the country. At the same time, citing rising costs of resettlement and the need to deal fairly with other nationalities, Washington has put a ceiling...
...Seattle's E.B. ("Jiggs") Clark, 72, the impetus to become computer literate came from a seven-year-old boy he saw hacking away at a desktop machine in a computer store. "I asked, 'How did you learn how to work it?' He turned to me and said, 'What are you, some kind of dummy?' " Determined not to be left behind, Clark acquired an Apple IIc and plunged into the world of telecommunications. Now he uses his computer and modem to stay in touch with similarly equipped seniors all over the U.S. Says he: "If I'm immobilized...