Word: steven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...news raced through Silicon Valley like a burst of electrons. Steven Jobs, 33, co-founder of Apple Computer and one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs, was set to unveil the machine he had been laboring on since he stormed out of Apple nearly three years ago. The computer press, having first trumpeted the device's imminent debut last October, then again in February, then March, then May, was crackling anew with anticipation. This time it was certain. On June 15, or at the latest June 16, the world would finally see the computer that Jobs has billed...
...private attorneys perform this task. At Public Counsel, a Los Angeles group that receives about 1,000 calls a day for legal assistance, participation by outside law firms has dropped more than 30% since 1986. "It's the biggest pro bono crunch we've ever seen," says Executive Director Steven Nissen. The trend toward giant law firms that operate like corporations gets much of the blame. Goaded by a bottom-line mentality, devoting nearly every moment to revenue-earning work, firms that once routinely set pro bono goals for their members now often just issue watery memos of encouragement...
Many economists dislike earmarked taxes because they make public budgets less responsive as funding needs change. Another pitfall vexes Steven Gold, a tax expert at Denver's National Conference of State Legislatures: "Voters are sometimes misled when they support earmarking, because new revenue sometimes just offsets money the state was already spending." Nearly $500 million annual earnings from California's lottery are designated for public schools. Yet the schools' share of the state's budget has fallen by $443 million. That general-fund money not spent on schools is available for politicians to spend (or squander) on larger staffs, salaries...
...Steven L. Lichtman...
...Steven R. Singer, a spokesman for the K-School, said the one-year fellowships were designed to educate Costa Rican public servants so they can provide leadership for their country when they return...