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...mail systems...have severely challenged these systems.” In addition to excessive traffic, the network was also plagued by attacks from a virus called Denial of Service, which Levine said impedes e-mail system performance. The dual stressors combined to form a perfect storm that washed out e-mail access for many students and faculty. Harvard’s IT staff is “working literally around the clock” to calm the electronic waters, according to Levine. While service will continue to improve, Levine said long-term solutions will be some time in coming...
...Feminine Mystique,” which took the country by storm in 1963, discussed the personal dissatisfaction of thousands of women arising from a limited conception of feminine fulfilment. The book was one of the first articulations of what Friedan termed the “problem that has no name.” In the book, she dared women to establish individual identities, distinct from the traditional housewife role...
...three months: a 505-page report, co-authored by a team of distinguished scientists, CEOs, Nobel prizewinners and university presidents--including Texas A&M president Robert Gates, director of the CIA under President George H.W. Bush and a close friend of the Bush family. Titled "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future," it outlined in detail just how bad the situation was in nearly every area of research and called for new government funding. At about the same time, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce were issuing reports with...
Democrats seized publicly on the issue first. In November, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi announced a series of proposals modeled on those in "Gathering Storm." Tellingly, though, she avoided criticizing the President, going as far as removing some negative language at the last moment. The idea, said a party official, was to get something accomplished, not just score political points. Even so, Pelosi's opening shot made Republicans nervous. "The feeling," says an industry official who was involved in discussions with the White House, "was, 'We cannot let them have this issue.'" Indeed, top Bush aides, including Karl Rove...
...remains at the forefront of science education and research worldwide, American innovation in science and technology—and the economic prosperity that accompanies it—may be eclipsed by that of other countries if this trend continues, according to “Rising Above the Gathering Storm...