Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most common attack reported by hacker watchers makes use of a Trojan horse. These are programs with bizarre names like Back Orifice or Net Bus that can be hidden in an e-mail attachment--say, one of those animated birthday cards people seem to like e-mailing. Once you open it, you've installed the software--and the wily hacker has remote control of your...
...uncomfortable? Slightly. Is it amazing? Absolutely. To be able to see my children in the water at the beach is truly wonderful. Could I afford it? No way. So to my incredible mother who gave me (and my sister) the gift of sight after 20-plus years, I say, "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." ELLEN MURPHY BENNETT Atlanta...
...people in Chicago who are intent on catching up with Kuala Lumpur I say, "Please, stop." I'm referring, of course, to the competition among cities to have the tallest building in the world. A few years ago the Malaysians erected twin towers that were 33 ft. higher than Chicago's Sears Tower, which had been the world's tallest building for more than 20 years. I realize that this was a serious provocation. A lot of Chicagoans have always been mildly offended by A.J. Liebling's description of Chicago as the Second City, after all, and even Liebling didn...
...Fuya-jo, which means "all-night entertainment district," boasts a turntable-like steering wheel and mixer-like dashboard. Also shown: the Norwegian Think electric car; Nissan's Hypermini EV, which goes up to 100 miles on a single battery charge; Honda's fuel-cell prototype FCX. What would Herbie say...
Even more than aiming to attract talent, executives say they're focused on the bottom line. "Our investment is in keeping health-care costs down," says D'Ann Whitehead, preventive-health-services manager at Chevron. A study by the MEDSTAT Group consulting firm found that over the past eight years, Chevron had held medical expenses flat and slashed worker sick days by using everything from massage to smoking restrictions...