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...method at Bell Atlantic is to decentralize operations, and John, as vice chairman, will have those kinds of responsibilities.'' Still others believe Malone will soon move on. ''It's inconceivable to me that John Malone is going to report to someone else,'' says a competitor who knows him. ''John's the smartest man I've ever met, and he had too many things going on to let Ray Smith run things. I think it says that John is ready to try something different.'' The two men are an odd couple by any standard. While they share a passionate vision...
...have had priority, had been passed over for the celebrated Jesse, they issued a statement last week asking Congress to ''do everything possible to see that an improved system is set up to identify donors of organs.'' At present, they charged, ''it almost seems like publicity is the only method that's working.'' In fact, Congress has already taken action to improve the organ distribution system. In 1984 it passed legislation creating a national computer bank to match organ donors to recipients. But the Reagan Administration has resisted spending the $2 million allocated for the network. Last week Senator Albert...
...chief as General Walter Lopez Reyes. Secretary of State George Shultz attacked the GAO report as a politically motivated attempt to quash the contra assistance campaign, but Administration officials privately acknowledged that contra leaders had indeed skimmed aid money and that bribes to Honduran army officials were an accepted method of buying their support for the contras. They maintain, however, that most of the money was properly spent...
...Flat World's offerings won't differ much from a typical textbook in content. All have been authored by established academics and peer-reviewed before publication. It's the distribution method - via the Internet - that is a radical change. Video and audio clips are embedded in most texts, often adding timely examples from real-life practitioners. Plus, the texts are produced on an open-source platform, meaning they can be updated easily and professors can customize each textbook to match a particular lesson plan. Those are major advantages over paper editions, says Dana Lanham, an advertising professor at University...
...Short of wearing a stars and stripes onesie, the flag lapel pin is the quickest sartorial method for a politician to telegraph his or her patriotism. The origin of the flag lapel pin is murky, though it is by necessity linked the history of the American flag as a commonly used symbol. According to Marc Leepson's Flag: An American Biography, the "near religious reverence many Americans have" for our national symbol dates only to the Civil War era (not back to the Revolutionary War, as many assume) . Prior to that, few private citizens possessed or flew their own flags...