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Waste Management may specialize in garbage, but it isn't the only outfit accused of playing dirty. Far from it. Just last week, Motorola sued Intel for allegedly hiring away key employees to obtain its microchip trade secrets. Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill recently acknowledged that a rogue employee may have lifted proprietary genetic material from a competitor, an admission that effectively killed a $650 million deal to sell its North American seed division to a German biotech venture...
...covers what you would expect: The two men are accomplished, they are using the latest and best technology and equipment, and they have been graced with good luck. But the short answer is: Piccard is Swiss. "Because of his nationality, that of a neutral country, Piccard was able to obtain permission from China to pass over its airspace," says TIME writer-reporter Nadya Labi, who is following the flight. Other balloonists have had to do the aeronautical equivalent of gymnastics to try to get around China, dooming their flight. So why haven't we heard and seen more of this...
...According to Epps, the University maintains strict guidelines regarding student group solicitation of funds from alumni. Groups can either conduct annual appeals, a means of fundraising that does not require permission from Epps' office, or they can seek alumni funds for a specific project, for which they must first obtain Epps' permission...
...will weigh all the variables equally, and try to obtain other variables besides race and ethnicity, such as family income and whether students will be the first generation in their families to attend college," Marshall said. "We're hoping to define diversity as broadly as possible...
...diagnosis and treatment of allergies. The task force has spent 18 months looking at everything from ear infections to hay fever to allergic reactions to food and drugs. Although the final report won't be published until this summer, its overall conclusions were released last week, and you can obtain a summary by calling the academy at 414-272-6071. Among the findings...