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Because of their meager ranks (currently about 3% of the personal-computing universe), Macintosh users have long been given second-class status in the software world. Sure, Apple has created some nice products, such as iTunes, for its computers. But most third-party programs are written for Windows PCs and then adapted, sometimes poorly and often months later, for Apple machines. A notable exception arrives later this month when Microsoft releases the latest version of its ubiquitous Microsoft Office package for the Mac. My verdict: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is clearly superior to its PC counterpart for most users...
...course, high-quality product is only one part of the music business, and many talented student bands have dissolved due to non-existent or meager distribution and publicity. Surprisingly, Jeffrey N. Surette ’05, who, as manager of the Sales and Marketing Division of Veritas, is in charge of “establishing relationships with local vendors, organizing sales campaigns, and investigating opportunities for more exciting sales conduits,” has found many opportunities for music promotion in the Boston/Cambridge area...
...Economic growth would help more of the world’s poor afford AIDS vaccines (even the generic ones cost over $100 a year) and could prevent the nightmare scenario of millions of orphans ripe for recruitment by militants. Development would also enable weak states—debilitated by meager tax revenues, a dearth of human capital and rampant corruption—to improve their domestic security. Unable to uphold basic law and order throughout much of their territory, weak states can become safe havens for terrorists. Those with materials useful for making WMD—such as the nuclear...
...Corporation will see are likely to represent the University’s perpetual financial crunch, exacerbated this year by a sputtering economy and rising benefit costs, which overshot projections. The Corporation voted in December to increase payout from the endowment for next fiscal year by 4 percent, a meager figure but still larger than previous threats of a 0 or 2 percent increase...
...quarter to carb counting, is responding with a higher-protein/lower-carb version of Total cereal. It will unveil 40 new products in May, including low-carb Hamburger Helper. Kraft is working on a CarbWell line of salad dressings and barbecue sauces, and is recasting its marketing to feature the meager carb content of sugar-free Jell-O. Breyers is rolling out CarbSmart Klondike bars...