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...reflects increased competition for the stars," she said. "Institutions that have a history in terms of seeking the best in their fields and have the ability to pay are now using that in the standard competitive way exactly as we would predict...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Harvard Faculty Some of Best Paid in Academia | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...iris of their eyes. Using standard video cameras with specialized real-time image processing, ATMs will snap a shot of a customer's irises, then compare it with a pre-recorded digital file before releasing any cash. Thanks to the iris's "fraud-proof" reliability, NCR and Sensar predict that banks will soon be selling everything from airline tickets to insurance policies through the local ATM. Sadly the innovation comes too late to save the life of Jonathan Levin, son of Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin, who was murdered several weeks ago by thieves who wanted his PIN number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet George Jetson's ATM | 6/25/1997 | See Source »

...does, however, produce stock market rockets. Networking stocks have helped push the tech-laden nasdaq exchange to new highs, and Cisco Systems--a networker whose stock has risen more than 12,000% in the past seven years--is the Apollo of the group. Fund managers trip over themselves to predict how high Cisco stock, which closed last week at $67, will be come Thanksgiving (consensus: $85). In the past six weeks the stock is up 50%. Analysts flock to industry conventions to predict a glowing future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CISCO GUARDS THE GATES | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

Whitla, who had consulted an advance copy of the Guide in order to predict course enrollment, threatened to cancel the book and fire the staff if the criticisms were not omitted, Okun said...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, | Title: Undergraduate Use of Consumer Course Guides Expands | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Traveling with the women fencers in an identical schedule, the men mimicked the success of the women's team for the first five matches of the season. In fact the first matches of the season seemed to predict a stellar season for the men--Harvard crushed MIT, Brown, Tufts and Boston University in convincing fashion, at least doubling up each opponent in scoring...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Women Fencers Roll; Men Fizzle Late | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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