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...transformative technologies of the 20th century. And though Intel's spotless clean rooms, its brilliant engineers and its bunny-suited workers seem far removed from that Austrian hillside, few places better reflect the sense of urgency with which the firm operates. Grove has it boiled down to a mantra that is as fresh as it is chilling: "Only the paranoid survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE: A SURVIVOR'S TALE | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...regulation of cyberspace any more than the A.C.L.U. does, but they realize that the only way to turn the Internet into a genuine mass medium and make a real pile of money is to convince the public that it is a clean and well-lighted place. The industry's mantra has been "Patience! Technological refinements will soon be able to protect everyone's interests." This is why the summit opened with demos of various programs that can block out unwanted Websites and E-mail or provide parents with a log of what their kid has been doing on the computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY JOHNNY CAN'T SURF ONLINE | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...their supporting roles. Matt Damon, however, isn't given much of a chance to show off his acting. Unlike McConaughey in A Time to Kill, Damon has to deal with a character void of nuance, subtlety and originality. His personality is best summed up in his much-repeated mantra, "I want to expose these people." Damon, struggling under the burden of such hackneyed lines, is given little chance to show sensitivity or idiosyncrasy. Over the course of the film, Rudy becomes less the hero and more of a stock supporting character...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Lightning for this 'Rainmaker' | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...death penalty is racist." This common mantra among the most liberal of capital punishment foes dictates that the state execute a disproportionate number of minorities relative to whites. The NAACP asserts that in 1991, blacks comprised 12 percent of the Texan population but a full 55.5 percent of executed Texans, a ludicrous five-fold over-representation...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: Clearing the Underbrush | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

Apparently, I am not alone in my preoccupation. Schaefer argues against queer activism stating, "Most of Harvard is not homosexual, and most of Harvard doesn't care if you are." For a mantra against gay and lesbian activism, such an argument hardly holds water. In fact, the entire issue of The Salient disproves such a claim of apathy with its three articles lobbying repetitively against gay and lesbian equality and visibility. Queer activism is necessary on this campus and in the world until attitudes like those expressed in The Salient disappear entirely...

Author: By Diana L. Adair, | Title: The Ivy Closet | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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