Word: teche
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...pioneering craft go, the Breitling Orbiter 3 outclasses the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria--and the Spirit of St. Louis, for that matter. It is a high-tech combination of hot air and gas, equipped not only with simple necessities like a bunk, toilet and desks but also with a fax machine and satellite telephones. The journey began on March 1, Piccard's birthday, in the snowcapped mountains of Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland. Piccard and Jones cruised toward Italy at an altitude of 21,000 ft., crossed over the Mediterranean at night and enjoyed a meal...
...Besides the usual skinny dipping and boat racing, members of Company 151 can look forward to "Paul Newman Day," when everyone must individually guzzle an entire an entire case of beer before the clock strikes 12. On "Package Night," band members do the full monty with a sympathetically naked tech crew to tote. Happy drinking...
...senior House assignments might be a good idea, ensuring that all Houses have a diverse population. After all, some seniors have already begun the blocking process, and many are choosing to block with people similar to themselves--like the investment banking blocking group, for example, or the high-tech blocking group, or the Harvard Law School blocking group. Of course, if housing were randomized, seniors would be taking their chances. Those landing in one of the (Hudson) River Houses needn't worry, naturally, since many blocking groups will be assigned there. If your group gets stuck in Minneapolis House, though...
Cheating in business, of course, is older than the wheel. But corporate spooks and saboteurs are especially busy in today's global, high-tech economy, where the most prized assets can be stored on a disk and surveillance equipment can fit on a shirt button. To help slow them down, Congress passed the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which carries a long prison term for intellectual-property theft. The good guys haven't had much luck yet, though not for lack of effort. The FBI has nearly tripled its investigations into corporate espionage in the past year...
...first federal economic-espionage case to go to trial, however, is decidedly low-tech--in essence, it's all about glue. In Youngstown, Ohio, next week, Justice Department attorneys will argue that Pin Yen Yang, president of Taiwan-based Four Pillars Enterprise, and his daughter paid Avery Dennison engineer Ten Hong "Victor" Lee $67,500 over a four-year period to steal the $3 billion-a-year company's formulas for making adhesive labels and tape. Officials say China--already defending against charges of nuclear espionage in the Los Alamos case--and Taiwan are among the most notorious purloiners...