Word: righting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...they really want action, it's Nader who's proposing a Marshall Plan for the inner cities and an $8.50 minimum wage. Instead Gore promises tax credits for college and making that commute a little easier and a prescription-drug entitlement for every grandma. But the gentle program aimed right at the swing voters gets lost because they are so annoyed by Gore's aggressive manner...
...difficult. Companies are larger, and technology is accelerating product cycles, so any mistake is likely to be huge. "The situation has become much more complex," says management consultant Ram Charan. "The speed of change is faster. Wall Street is demanding more and reacting quickly when things don't go right. That's creating tremendous pressure...
...calls or e-mail--which now seems as plodding as a telegram. "This is no longer about teenagers and chat," says John Patrick, vice president for Internet technology at IBM, whose Lotus Development unit produces Sametime, the leading instant-messaging program for business use. "If I were to check right now," Patrick says, "there are probably 100 [instant-message] meetings going on all over...
Workers love IM for the same reason that kids do: it lets them hold virtual meetings anytime and anyplace. No more playing telephone tag or pulling down an e-mail screen. Instead, IM users can spot who is online at a glance and start chatting right away. And they can do so across time zones, oceans and continents. At the stroke of midnight last New Year's Eve, 80 IBM experts from around the world huddled online to monitor the company's defenses against the Y2K bug. "If there had been a crisis," Patrick says, "all the knowledgeable people would...
...tackle our most pressing educational challenges: schools that repeatedly fail, the opportunity for more early-childhood learning, the shortage of qualified teachers, the high cost of college tuition. And voters in 18 states will decide on ballot initiatives that concern such issues as vouchers and bilingual teaching. Gore is right when he says, "Education is on the ballot this November...