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...long ago, Compaq Computer president Rod Canion was being called a genius. Now he isn't even called president. Last week, one day after Compaq announced the first quarterly loss in its corporate history and the layoff of 1,440 employees, Canion was dismissed by Compaq's board of directors...
...dying, you may view Dr. Jack Kevorkian as a courageous crusader for your rights. If you are a doctor, he may seem more like a cheap purveyor of easy death. Either way, he has become the lightning rod of the right-to-die movement and a gifted promoter of a cause he desperately believes in -- and shockingly abets. Last week the doctor who has made his name by hastening death rather than forestalling it helped two more women kill themselves in Michigan. Lawmakers and doctors may debate the ethics of euthanasia endlessly; but while that argument unfolds, the activists have...
...highly visible, impressive and articulate woman who helped shape the national debate. When Stanford University neurosurgeon Frances Conley resigned her post this year to protest the behavior of her male colleagues, she forced men and women to weigh the costs of taking complaints public. Conley made a useful lightning rod, since by her demeanor she dispelled the notion of accusers as crybabies or oversensitive types who are not sophisticated enough to cope with office banter. She announced last month that she would rejoin the faculty, having been persuaded that her message had been heard...
...welds of the Navy's futuristic SSN-21 Seawolf-class submarine, the first of which is under construction in Groton, Conn. The responsibility seems to belong to the Navy, which set standards for welding a new high-tensile steel that apparently permitted too much carbon in the welding rod. Though the hull was 15% completed when the problem was detected, builders may have to start from scratch using new steel. There are serious doubts whether the $2.5 billion sub-killing craft will ever...
These days, perhaps only a masochist can fully enjoy the job of a university president. One of Kennedy's most far-reaching achievements -- broadening the content of the required Western Culture courses to be more inclusive of women and minority writers -- became a lightning rod for conservative attacks. Stanford faces a $95 million deficit in its two-year budget, even if the university avoids being forced to make a major repayment to the government. Kennedy plans to spend the next year focusing on this financial crunch. Faced with austerity, faculty members have their own grievances, and some even complain...