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...Robert Rubin also counseled a veto. Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, however, said, "I'm for [the bill] on the politics and on the merits." He remarked that as a legal-services attorney in the 1970s, he had found the welfare system to be fundamentally broken and in need of repair...
Software is a trickier problem. Although IBM annually sells $12.6 billion worth of code, twice as much as Microsoft, it isn't seen as much of a software innovator, something that's considered essential in the age of the Internet. Gerstner tried to repair that view with his $2.9 billion purchase of Lotus last year, but skepticism remains. "They're not really innovating on the Internet," says Jon Oltsik, an analyst at Forrester Research. "They're being outmaneuvered by Netscape and Microsoft...
What began as a sewer repair project nearly four years ago will end in the beautification of the Square...
...Before repair work began, the city's 100-year-old sewer system frequently overflowed, sending waste into the Charles River instead of the city's sewage treatment plant, according to Elizabeth Epstein, Cambridge's deputy director of community development...
...callously by Swiss officialdom could now look forward to receiving vast amounts in restitution. At best, smaller amounts are more likely. But, says Bronfman, "This is not about money. This is about justice." The survivors have a right, at long last, to an honest reckoning, and Switzerland needs to repair its reputation for rectitude. Both sides have a strong interest in opening the books and answering the buried questions...