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Similar substitutions have been tried in the past, but Arlacchi insists they were never systematically carried out. In Burma, Wa tribesmen stopped growing opium poppies altogether, but when an alternative-development program that had been promised was delayed two years, the tribesmen went back to poppies. Laos, which used to produce 3.5 tons of opium annually, recently switched to coffee, rice and chili farming under a U.N. pilot project. So far this year the Lao have cut opium production to a few hundred pounds. In Peru crop substitution has cut coca production 40%. "A million dollars," says Arlacchi, "can have...
...wife to retool the product. With their faces on 3.5 million collectible packages and 25,000 store displays, the company says it has gained record market share."It's been phenomenal," says Nancy Heller, brand manager for Close-Up. "We thought it was going to be a regional program, and to our surprise, we were able to do this nationally...
...fact, fewer than 5% of the chips embedded into things like elevators and medical devices are at risk for Y2K foul-ups, says Jim Duggan, research director for the Year 2000 program at the Gartner Group. That's still a lot of chips to be checked, but even many of the suspect ones are programmed with manual overrides or "soft-landing" outcomes where safety is an issue. (Nonetheless, the Gartner Group estimates that litigation costs over Y2K service and product failures, both real and imagined, could soar to $1 trillion or more.) Duggan's forecast for the impact...
This week we launch an updated version of the show as part of a new CNN programming lineup. The new name--NewsStand: CNN & TIME--captures what we hope will be the spirit of our show: fresh, smart and loaded with information on everything from world events to entertainment. The program, which will air Sundays and Mondays at 10 p.m. E.T., is part of a family of new CNN NewsStand shows that have their roots in Time Inc. magazines. The other two marriages combine CNN & FORTUNE (Wednesdays at 10 p.m. E.T.) and CNN & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Thursdays...
...Rate program supported by Vice President Al Gore strives to provide schools and libraries with affordable access to information technology [NATION, May 25]. In Boston, fewer than 10% of our students have home computers. Schools, libraries and community centers are the only places where students can use computers and access the Internet. Despite the corporate partnerships that aim to provide Internet access, local school systems and libraries are still picking up the vast share of the tab. In Boston, we are proud to have been in a financial situation that has allowed us to invest more than $50 million...