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...protesters represent a diverse set of interests, opinions and solutions. And their basic premise - that the architecture of the international finance and trade systems is in dire need of overhaul - has plenty of adherents on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. But while everyone from President Clinton and World Bank chairman James Wolfenson to Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader may agree on the need for change, there's little accord on what should be changed...
STAR was implemented last July 1 as part of an overhaul of the University's information systems--called Project ADAPT--and has often been cited as one of the University's most problematic new systems...
...corporate America, discussing the mobility of dairy products sure sounds a lot less threatening than terms such as restructuring, re-engineering and outsourcing. Durk Jager, chief executive of Procter & Gamble, a company in the midst of a huge overhaul, posted a notice on the employee website recommending it. Lew Platt, former head of Hewlett-Packard, endorsed it in a speech. Larry Johnson, CEO of the Bank of Hawaii, handed out 4,000 copies to staff members and asked them to discuss the story with their managers. Says he: "Our objective was to try and condition employees as much as possible...
...hard-earned greenbacks going to those darned Democrats/rotten Republicans" - and the perception that access to candidates would be diminished. In addition, it's doubtful that he can even count on support from fellow Democrats. "There's general agreement that the only reason Democrats vote for these campaign finance overhaul packages is because they know they're virtually guaranteed to fail," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. That way, they can say they did "the right thing" without having to deal with the ramifications. After all, Dems need cash just as much as their Republican rivals; in addition, the fund would...
...says Harvard has been busy pressing Oracle on more urgent system redesigns, like making the system's on-screen navigation easier. Since Oracle is unlikely to overhaul its basic code-assigning system at one customer's urging, code complaints are near the bottom of Harvard's priority list...