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...still estimated at more than $11 billion.) The techno-tycoons are admired because they have earned fortunes in one of the world's most competitive industries without any under-the-counter help from Indian bureaucrats. In the early 1990s, in fact, the software lobby got the government to remove import duties intended to protect local firms from software products sold in India by Western companies. "We said that if we can't compete with multinationals in India, how will we ever be able to compete outside," says NASSCOM's Mehta. It was a winning strategy. The Software Engineering Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's New Incarnation | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...That's a scold that many in Gore's audience, 20 days after the election, are apt to take personally. Monday night, Gore got in at 8:55 and out in time for Americans' precious 9 o'clock shows. But the import of his address - an address suspiciously bereft of comforting spin nuggets like "days not weeks" - was one that he'll have to fight this week and longer to support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore Keeps It Simple — and Fast | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...still estimated at more than $11 billion.) The techno-tycoons are admired because they have earned fortunes in one of the world's most competitive industries without any under-the-counter help from Indian bureaucrats. In the early 1990s, in fact, the software lobby got the government to remove import duties intended to protect local firms from software products sold in India by Western companies. "We said that if we can't compete with multinationals in India, how will we ever be able to compete outside," says NASSCOM's Mehta. It was a winning strategy. The Software Engineering Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reincarnating India | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...dork to non-dork ratio of 2.7 to 1 b) To eradicate local public schools c) To import women who like shy, balding men d) A large gay population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Nov. 13, 2000 | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...your mind.) "Wannabe" announced the brash arrival of a group hell-bent on asserting their (grating) presence. "Spice Up Your Life" was a giant "screw you, if you think we're cheesy we'll give you as cheesy as cheesy gets." So what does "Holler"-available as an import double-A side single with "Let Love Lead the Way"-say? With its stuttering beats and lyrics about sex ("I wanna make you holler"), it just comes across as a generic R&B song. What's more, they don't seem to be having any fun. And it's sad that...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the Mix | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

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