Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thrill was almost not enough for the home-town boy. Henderson wanted to play football instead. The All-City running back at Oakland Tech gained 1,100 yds. in his senior year (after batting .716 the previous spring), but turned down a dozen gridiron scholarships because his strong-willed mother, Bobbie, thought that he would have a longer career in baseball. Says Henderson: "My mother's only advice about trying for the record was 'Stay healthy.' " Success has not gone to his head...
Many high-technology firms steal secrets without even bothering to hire away another company's employees. They simply use the prospect of a job to pump information from eager applicants during interviews. That technique has long been in wide use among the 1,300 or so high-tech firms packed together in 250-sq.-mi. Silicon Valley. William H. Bell, a convicted spy who sold military secrets to a Polish agent, described the approach to a congressional committee in May. Said he: "Within the avionics industry, it is a common practice for all companies to obtain secrets of their...
Kahn seeks to project a lofty vision in which high tech creates pure information that experts like himself analyze and turn into policy options. He speaks the language of government and business. The objects of his criticism are frequently dead horses: the romantic rebels of the '60s and the insular faddists of the '70s. He applauds Reaganomics but doubts that the present Administration has the technical skills to fulfill its ideology...
Elsie's has served River House residents ably for generations. Regretabbly, the place is entering the 21st century with high tech signs, moderately prompt service, and opperssive video games in an adjacent mini-arcade. But everyone must sample the famous TD (Turkey Deluxe), and Elsie's offers a neat breakfast for under $2. The Kennedys allegedly broke from touch football games in front of Winthrop House for snacks and chow...
Since joining the Med School in 1959, Hubel has done extensive research on visual systems in mammals. He and another Med School professor shared the Nobel award with a professor from Cal Tech for discoveries of information processing in the visual system...