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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rudenstine says that, in several searches for new deans, women and minorities have made it onto his short list but not gotten an offer...
...more Asian-American college presidents? It appears to me that they're not getting the kind of opportunities they should for making such a large amount of progress in a short period of time," she says...
Microsoft, for its part, deployed legions of spinners to argue that Jackson had it all wrong. The company had broken no laws and done no harm to consumers. The judge failed to appreciate the dynamic nature of the software business, which makes any dominant position inherently short-lived. The only lapse in Microsoft's genetic self-assurance was a video press release the company rushed on the air immediately after the ruling came down. "We hope we can find a way," Gates declared, "to resolve this and put it behind us." For a moment, he seemed to be waving...
...inevitable unemployment will spark social chaos. So by signing on to the WTO deal, Jiang has come down firmly on the side of the reformists - and created a powerful crowbar with which Premier Zhu Rongji can prize open the economy and ensure its long-term growth despite the short-term pain. After 13 years of negotiations, the U.S. and China have finally agreed on a comprehensive set of rules to govern their increasingly interwoven economic relationship. But selling that deal won't be plain sailing for the politicians on either side of the Pacific...
...sleep 24 in a half-filled barracks, in too-short steel bunk beds. (We make them once, painstakingly, according to specifications, and sleep on top of the covers so as never to have to do it again.? It's an old trick.)? The night is filled with snores and somnolent murmuring ("Jennifer.? Bring me the iced tea.")? When you snap awake in the middle of the night, it's really hard to tell where you've landed...