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...with humans, a computer needs to be more than the sum of its hardware and software and metal skin. The most successful machines have a built-in emotional component, something that connects the tools in the computer with the whims of its user. Perhaps no one understands this better than Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer and the man who made the personal computer a household term. In the three years since he was forced out of Apple, the dreamer behind the Apple II and the Macintosh has been trying to do it again -- to create out of silicon...
City residents who live in houses, rather than owning them as investments, can now deduct 20 percent of that average--a fixed sum of $59,499--from the assessed value of their property. What's left is the sum on which they must pay taxes...
Kennedy is a cosponsor of HR 918, a measure that would keep rents low for poor families and would increase funds for housing assistance. Mahoney said the bill Kennedy prefers would authorize a sum "comparable" to $15 million but is more specific on how the money should be spent...
After all, with candidates given only a minute to sum up their positions on such complex issues as arms control, the budget deficit, or the Middle East, the debates make simplistic slogans like "no new taxes," abortion is murder," and "I won't touch Social Security," seem acceptable. No candidate who actually hopes to win will dare say that he will raise taxes to bring down the budget deficit, or purposely bring up any other issue of substance. Despite professing sympathy to the needs of all Americans, candidates often seem to adopt the condescending attitude that by speaking in vague...
...current method of determining whether a high-school recruit is qualified to attend college in the Ivy League is through the Academic Index (AI)--which converts class rank, SAT scores and grades into a sum which is supposed to reflect a student's academic aptitude. If a score is above the AI cutoff point--161--the athlete is qualified for admission. If the score falls short, even by a single point, then the athlete...