Word: alto
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Reinventing the book? It's not the kind of thing you'd expect to find preoccupying even the most eccentric inventor's mind. Yet Xerox PARC (it stands for Palo Alto Research Center) is the kind of place that prides itself on overturning assumptions. For one, there are no lone nuts tinkering away in silent labs. Teamwork takes priority here--and as history suggests, there's nothing more powerful than the feedback effect of inventors riffing off one another's work...
...look at many younger jazz musicians, there seems to be something of a rejection of any jazz artists who came before alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and any music that established before the hard bop movement of the 1950s...
Lawyers, as a profession, are not renowned for their kindness. But a growing cadre of elder-law practitioners is destroying some of the stereotypes. "I like dealing with human beings, with individuals," explains Myra Gilfix, an elder-law practitioner in Palo Alto, Calif. "I always wanted to do people law. I am not a fighter." Elder-law attorneys deal with the specialized legal matters faced by seniors: estate planning, Medicare and Medicaid issues, planning for disability, estate-tax and gift issues, and long-term care. With the graying of the population--since 1900, the percentage of Americans 65 and older...
...conversations, idealab! has installed three "phone booths," 4-ft. by 5-ft. rooms, each with a stool, a countertop, a phone mounted on the wall and a glass-paneled wood-frame door. The booths will also be a feature of the company's offices in New York City, Palo Alto, Calif., Boston and London, all scheduled to open in November...
Saturday's contest against Stanford offers Harvard another opportunity to notch the program's first victory over the Cardinal. The Crimson nearly stole a tie last year in Palo Alto, Calif., conceding a goal in the 87th minute to fall 1-0, despite getting outshot 26-6. Stanford is 4-0-0 all time against the Crimson...