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...living out loud means dispelling stereotypes about APA class and education and seeking justice for communities rendered invisible by the math whiz and successful businessman who get to stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Just Who's Living Out Loud? | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...theory went like this: as the price of whiz-bang computers falls, demand will rise even faster. Looks like the theory was actually right. By autumn PC makers from Compaq to Hewlett-Packard to IBM were offering robust multimedia machines for less than $1,000--and nearly a third of all new PCs sold fell into that range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERTECH: THE BEST CYBERTECH OF 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...form they came out with in January" and "There's a form to fill out for that--I believe it's 83-79." Through the fog, Costa began to see his options: "So if I got divorced it would be a different matter? For $30,000? Gee whiz..." Except for one foolish moment when Costa, swept away by all the goodwill, asked if he could have some coffee (Salinger: "Uh, no"), it all went pretty well. In the end, of course, Costa still owed $29,291, but he felt better about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE WORK FOR YOU! | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

Sony didn't need a techno-whiz, it needed a global manager who could master the ever increasing complexity of the digital marketplace. "Right now, you don't need to be an engineer," says Ohga. "You have to have a nose, and if you don't, you can't run a company like Sony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW WORLD AT SONY | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...nice note and a bottle of champagne from President [Derek C.] Bok. [He said] it was going to raise my salary a little bit," he said. "The general reaction probably is one of surprise. People said, 'Gee whiz, they gave it to that...

Author: By Eran A. Mukamel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 1997 Nobel Winners Discuss Significance of Award | 10/21/1997 | See Source »

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