Word: pushing
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...computers push their way further into every nook and cranny of America's complex economy, these experiences underline a paradox that has long puzzled almost everybody who comes into contact with thinking machines. Computers help all sorts of people do their jobs faster and more efficiently. Many enthusiasts expect the machines to transform the American economy and society as completely as the internal-combustion engine and electric power did, beginning roughly a century ago. But why is there so little hard numerical evidence that this is happening? In particular, if computers are sparking a new industrial revolution, why have...
...Right now Wyss sees a fifty-fifty chance of an outright recession before the end of the year 2000. Wyss would have shifted the odds to favor recession if the Federal Reserve had continued to hold out against interest-rate cuts. But in late September the Fed did push through a quarter-point reduction in the so-called federal-funds rate, which banks charge one another on overnight loans--the first change since an equally small increase in March...
...These are everybody's problems," she said. "We can't just push them aside as problems of specific groups...
Among the groups that have recorded in thestudio are the Push Kings and Seventeen, bandswhose members are Harvard alumni recently signedto record labels. A. Ryan Leslie '98, alsorecently signed to a record label, once used thestudios and is now working full-time on vocalperformance...
...firm. the presence of astute business people with extensive experience will "push up the probability of getting funding," he said...