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Hammer, who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, came to his idea the long way. An electrical engineer and a former M.I.T. computer-science professor, he gradually became more interested in what people were doing than in computers. In his forthcoming book, Beyond Reengineering, he attacks the corporate focus on doing "tasks"--making part of a car, say, or doing a credit check. To him, the key to value-creating work is mastering "process," or how bits of work that form a product or service come together. Says he: "I think this is the work of the angels. In a world where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 25: THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 31 TO 67 | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...cooperative effort between Cambridge and New England Development, a Newton-based design company, the mall's designers hoped to transform the depressed factory district into a thriving new industrial and commercial park...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: CambridgeSide Mall Revitalizes East Cambridge | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...father is now a systems manager at a drugstore in Newton and his mother is a customer service representative for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. But their only child has turned into a political theorist extraordinaire...

Author: By Nan Zheng, | Title: Socially Critical | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...astronomer from Harvard, then a tiny school in the wilderness of the New World, sent his observations of what would later be called Halley's comet to Isaac Newton. Newton used this data from Harvard in his Principia, beginning a long tradition of astronomical excellence at the New England school, including the attendance of Edwin Hubble, the most famous astronomer of the 20th century...

Author: By Michael T. Jalkut, | Title: Astronomy Department Seeks | 5/22/1996 | See Source »

McDonald said, however, that information about the case had been turned over to Harvard by Newton detectives who reported that "West believes the incident may be work-related...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: West Cancels Trip After Threat Made on His Life | 5/15/1996 | See Source »

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