Word: techs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these high-tech times, ranchers had used cell phones to call in warnings to their families as others watched Doppler Radar reports on Austin and Waco television stations. Al Clawson, the owner of a small recycling plant, was at home when the tornado siren went off. "I seen the tornado on TV, and I called my wife and daughters at the plant and told them to get in their cars and run," he says. And run they did. The twister was a malignantly playful one, first appearing as a single funnel, drawing back and then suddenly combining at least three...
...High-tech wunderkinder, such as Yahoo! Web-search founders Jerry Yang, 28, and David Filo, 31, are role models because of their affinity for risk and their entrepreneurial spirit. Some advertisers have caught on. Two years ago Prudential replaced its longtime slogan "Get a Piece of the Rock," with the more enterprising "Be Your Own Rock." As the Dream study describes it, this is the new "generation on the make." While interest in corporate careers is sliding, business schools have expanded their courses in entrepreneurialism. A recent University of Michigan study found that 25-to-34-year-olds are trying...
...lifted trade barriers and released millions of workers and billions of dollars for productive peacetime purposes; and the ubiquitous use of computers, which enables companies to book new orders or build new cars with the click of a mouse. Says Yardeni: "I'm a big believer that this high-tech revolution is a major contributor to productivity growth...
Welcome to Harvard, Incorporated, where it's never enough. Outlay/Student Robert J. Coolbrith Crimson Harvard is ranked sixth in per student spending. School Spending per student Cal. Tech. $73,967 Johns Hopkins U. $61,704 Washington U. $54,020 Wake Forest U. $49,051 Yale U. $45,507 Harvard U. $42,902 U. of Chicago $40,686 Allegheny U $33,270 Columbia U. $32,738 U. of Pennsylvania $32,022 Source: 1996 U.S. News and World Report College Rankings...
...Crimson entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed--after cruising to a 6-1 record in the Ivy League--and had no problem shrugging off its first-round opponent, Virginia Tech, 5-0. The competition became much more stiff afterwards as Harvard was pitted against No. 2-seeded Alabama in the semifinals. Coming off a 5-0 win of its own against Boston College, the Crimson Tide was on a mission...