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...fellow executives, betting big on cable was a radical idea. Then again, that was a time before eBay was a publicly traded company and skeptics insisted Yahoo was overvalued at $24 a share. Since then, the Internet has grown by hyperleaps, and cable-broadband looks likely to be the tool that makes it grow even faster...
...order to keep the best and brightest from simply finding another job down the block. This is especially true in the legal, finance, banking, consulting and technology industries, where top talent comes at a premium. In fact, nearly 80% of companies are using relocation assistance as a major recruiting tool, according to statistics from the Employee Relocation Council (E.R.C.) in Washington...
Many parents don't realize that a simple click on the "history" tab on a browser tool bar will produce a list of links to every site the computer has visited recently. It's true that any canny 13-year-old knows how to delete potentially incriminating evidence from the history files. Already, though, there are several programs available, such as Cyber Snoop (at least the manufacturer doesn't euphemize), that create a tamperproof database--a trail of bread crumbs, as it were--so parents can examine every Web address the computer has visited since the last time Dad checked...
...Internet may be the newest and sexiest tool for historical researchers and genealogists, but it is also the most corruptible. The data are not certified, are sometimes inaccurate and can easily be created out of thin air. On the other hand, its greatest asset is speed. The research process can be shortened from months to hours and maybe even minutes. But you should still go to Minot, N.D., for that crucial land deed or to Cresson, Pa., to find an old newspaper article. The Internet can act as a valuable lead to start research but not to finish it. CHRIS...
...product of her experimentation. Four faceless women are presented in skiffs, struggling against a blur of repeated words accented in gold and white lettering a metaphor for women activists who are struggling to go somewhere, to achieve some goal. According to Stevens, using words is like employing "another tool, another color." Indeed, this method works well. The combination of visual and literary elements had a phenomenal impact on me, as I found the painting to be particularly intriguing and expressive. The image of women drowning in a sea of inspired language is enrapturing and indicative of Stevens's trademark realism...