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...public relations campaigns or new software--often require in-the-flesh management. The ideal virtual assignment is a long project with plenty of clear milestones. According to a WorldCom study released on March 14, technology companies are almost four times as likely as other companies to have a formal policy encouraging virtual management. That may be because tech companies are generally more willing to invest in the hardware and software that are needed to make long-distance supervision work. "Surprisingly, one of the biggest problems is that some people will not fork over the cash for the technology," says Mareen...
After that, I made an effort to assimilate. I traded dresses with a 23-year-old before the school's formal dance. I wrote our anatomy group's freshman skit. I kept up with the who's-dating-whom gossip. I even went to a few keg parties. Still, we career switchers didn't quite fit in. We had outgrown our college-age antics. Instead of joining our younger classmates for late-Thursday bar nights, we opted for a sedate viewing of ER before bed. We replaced their mantra, "Highest score rocks," with our own: "Lowest pass wins." We worked...
Yesterday’s statement of regret on the loss of the Chinese pilot issued by Secretary of State Colin Powell was welcome and appropriate. A formal apology before the facts are gathered would have been a disservice to the American crew. But the statement should have come days earlier, as soon as the Chinese pilot was listed as missing. The U.S. should attempt to make up for its laxity by offering its aid in any search for the wreckage and communicating its regret directly to the pilot’s family...
...same time, China’s calls for a formal apology and both countries’ attempts to shift blame for the collision have been fruitless and counterproductive. No public interviews of the American crew have been conducted, and it will be impossible to interview the Chinese pilot or examine the damage to his plane. Furthermore, China should cease its accusations that the U.S. violated its sovereignty. According to the American military, the crash took place above waters that the U.S. holds to be international and to which China’s claim is not widely recognized...
...scene of desolation at the edge of the world. Their shacks are built of cardboard, driftwood, old iron and fraying plastic. Near-naked children play tag among the filthy debris. Only one in three will survive beyond the age of five. Most of the Boa Vista squatters have no formal identity papers. They have to beg, steal or barter for food and clothing. Motorists who drive along the potholed road below the cliff-dwellers look the other way. "Yes, we know about Boa Vista," said a U.N. aid official, "but it's regarded as a no-go security risk...