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...says. “The institution itself needed to be transformed to serve new purposes because answers had been achieved to the old questions.” Though the institute had a library, a research center, and a 40-year-old fellowship program, Radcliffe alumnae were confused by the merger agreement that had made their alma mater into just another unit of Harvard. University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who served on the committee that appointed the Radcliffe dean and is also a reknowned Americianist in the History Department, said that Faust “took something that had some respected...
...heart of the dispute was the relationship between EDS and GM. The two have become closely linked: EDS runs all GM's computerized operations, from processing paychecks to programming robots on assembly lines. But in the original merger agreement Perot had insisted that he and EDS be granted a highly unusual degree of independence. He did not want the parent company to audit EDS. Moreover, he demanded that EDS be allowed to maintain a different pay structure from GM's?one that called for greater variation in salaries and bonuses, to give EDS employees better incentives for good performance...
...Natal conferees had proposed a merger of white-dominated Natal and black-ruled KwaZulu, the government-designated Zulu homeland that is located inside Natal's borders. The area would then be ruled by a two-chamber parliament. One body would be based on "one man, one vote," which would mean black control and result in a black prime minister. The other would guarantee an equal number of seats to blacks, Indians, English speakers and Afrikaans speakers. Provisions to safeguard white rights, while allowing for eventual black rule, were also included. Dr. Oscar Dhlomo, a black delegate to the congress, called...
What's in a name? Three years after Cingular purchased AT&T Wireless, the carrier will soon be rebranded, as AT&T. Ads already touting the merger are likely to drop the Cingular logo by midyear...
...Though the institute had a library, a research center, and a 40-year-old fellowship program, Radcliffe alumnae were confused by the merger agreement that had made their alma mater into just another unit of Harvard...