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...imagination than have its unexciting number-crunching counterparts. A world in which computers were as creative as humans would seem to leave the poor carbon-based creatures little room to excel, especially if their silicon rivals continued to increase in speed and capacity for processing information at an exponential rate. What would the humans do in a world where their machines outsmart them...
...when the change takes effect, a student leaving college with $30,000 in loans at 8 percent interest--the rate for Harvard's student loan program--would owe $2,400 in interest the first year and would save $142 on state income taxes. The interest and savings would both decrease as the principal is paid...
...test was taken to the second time. In some areas, scores fell despite classroom emphasis on test preparation. It seems clear that scores on this test, like the quality of education in general, can change only gradually. Three years is not enough time to improve a 40 percent failure rate to a reasonable success rate...
...Gore campaign is that Gore chose to pay a feminist such as Naomi Wolf $15,000 a month so he can figure out how to act like a man [NATION, Nov. 8]. But the Vice President might really need to cultivate the women's vote, because at this rate he is surely going to lose the men's. GERALD PARTIDA Chino, Calif...
John Groves, 36, exemplifies both trends. He founded Open Microsystems, an Austin, Texas, electronic-software-and-services company, in 1991. Seven years later, he had built it into a $5 million business. But, he says, "we had to raise a lot more money or settle into a growth rate that in my opinion wasn't enough for long-range prosperity." So in 1998 he sold out to Gresham Computing, a British firm. Gresham coveted Open Microsystems' technology, employee team and customer list. In return, Gresham enabled Open, now renamed Gresham Enterprise Storage, to "get into deeper pockets," as Groves puts...