Word: techs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Critical Care tells the story of Dr. Werner Ernst (a groggy James Spader) a young gun working in an ultra high-tech intensive care unit who's looking to make it big. That is, he's looking to get rich and sleep with as many women as possible on the way up. Ernst spends his days tending to patients whose state of health runs the gamut from vegetative to permanently comatose-a foreshadowing of the film's extremely limited scope. His one patient who is actually conscious is a terminally ill dialysis case (played with stunning grace by Jeffery Wright...
...YORK: Bad news from the tech sector, strong labor demand and overnight weakness in the Japanese stock market joined forces to cause a sharp sell-off in early trading in U.S. markets Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 180 points in early morning trading. By close of play, it had recovered to a 103 point loss ? but investors' nerves were clearly frayed...
...spread of hate speech on the Internet is well-documented. Several weeks ago, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released its second report on extremist use of the Internet, titled "High Tech Hate...
...units gathered in this stunning setting are devoted to an art collection, ambitious archival facilities, high-tech conservation, broad research and educational programs, all intended to serve as a sort of cultural condenser for the humanities in Los Angeles and beyond. There is the Getty Grant Program, which has given out some $63 million since 1984 to support worldwide research in the history and conservation of art--projects ranging from computer-aided studies and reconstructions of half-effaced 8th century Mayan murals to the conservation of monastery temples in Nepal...
...video violence and sex. Still unclear is what Net broadcasts could be affected. The idea alarms free-speech advocates, who wonder why Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part of the process" as the agency sets rules. There's a low-tech alternative: the off switch...