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Harvard greatly expands the availability of computers on campus--adding 11 machines at a cost of about $100,000. The Faculty votes by a 3 to 1 margin to formally oppose the Vietnam War and recognizes October 15--declared National Moratorium Day by war protesters--as a "day of protest." The 15th is marked by a gathering of 100,000 demonstrators in Boston Common and a cancellation of most Harvard classes...
After dropping the doubles point--a point that would prove costly--by a tight margin, Harvard was in position to earn three victories in three of the six singles matches when play was stopped due to Georgia earning its fourth and match-clinching point. Two of the Bulldog's victories, though, came about as a result of what has been the Crimson's primary nemesis throughout the season--injuries...
...kind of control that Microsoft has been accused of exerting in the past -- and apparently continues to, for all its denials -- and its belated concession follows the company's pattern of giving up as little as possible as late as possible. But this apparent loosening gives only a narrow margin of leeway and actually invites scrutiny of other Redmond customs --and Gateway's too -- as other contractual restrictions close in to fill the vacuum: Gateway is making this option available only to subscribers to its Internet service, because so many other ISPs require their subscribers to use Microsoft's browser...
...there are doubts about the rightness of the fit, they center on the issue of the two corporate cultures. Chrysler's near-death experience has turned the company into a lean, profit-obsessed organization--short on bureaucracy but long on management talent. In the great Detroit tradition, pragmatism and margin protection can take precedence over quality when they are in conflict...
Like most big German firms, Daimler has been content with profit margins of 2% or less (VW gets 1.2%), vs. Chrysler's 6.5% margin last year. One look at the numbers reveals volumes about the culture gap: last year Chrysler earned $2.8 billion producing 2.88 million vehicles with 121,000 workers, while Daimler-Benz earned $1.78 billion making 1.13 million vehicles on a payroll of 300,000. "Such a difference can lead to real conflicts in investments," warns one German auto executive...