Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late-night bull sessions, they have no grounding in reality. But they are just a sampling of the brazen assertions offered in two new books, The Chemistry of Love by Michael Liebowitz, a psychiatrist at Columbia, and Science and Moral Priority, by Roger W. Sperry, a psychobiologist from Cal Tech. In fact, it seems that these two scientists, who have had much success in the labs, have a rather inflated idea of what science can do. Both men have been blinded by their own successes into thinking that they can begin to solve society's most intractable problems. Liebowtiz...
Surprisingly, the invitation originated with the dean, Anthony Pappas, who wanted to dramatize the high-tech transformation of the working world. Says Pappas: "This will call attention to the college's new unit in computer sciences and technology." Some among the 551-member class are miffed. "I don't like the idea," says Kimberly Roy, the student-government president. "It is not a human being like we are. We deserve more...
...because they force managers who may have grown careless to face up to the wrath of stockholders. Says one proxy-battle lawyer: "This proliferation is part of the trend back to quality, hard work and the American way that is cropping up everywhere, from the auto industry to ,high tech...
...romantic predecessors, Flashdance is pure glitz. This "Pittsburgh" has steel mills that shimmer in telephoto twilight. The sidewalks are clean as the Lido beach-must be where all the ironworkers got those golden tans. In a neighborhood bar, Alex (Jennifer Beals) and her chums put on a sexy, high-tech floor show that could exist only in Wayne Newton's dreams. One after another, lithe stunners display terrific muscle tone in discreet rock-'n'-roll stripteases. Alex lives in a loft about the size of SoHo, where she rehearses her dream: to win a job with...
...Government aid is likely to go to old industries with great political clout (steel or autos) rather than to emerging ones (computers and robotics). This has often been the experience in Europe. Says Michael Wachter, an economic adviser to President Carter: "France and Germany have made their hi-tech sectors weaker with government help. Those industries become more dependent on their governments for support, and the help proves to be something negative, not positive." Adds Donald Carroll, dean of the Wharton business school: "We should not look to France as an example for what this country should do. Industrial policy...