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Houston

(Encyclopedia) Houston, city (2020 pop. 2,304,580), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Harrisburg…

industrial management

(Encyclopedia) industrial management, term applied to highly organized modern methods of carrying on industrial, especially manufacturing, operations. Modern technological devices, particularly in…

Dadetown

Director:Russ HexterWriters:Russ Hexter and John HousleyDirector of Photography:W.J. GormanEditor:David KirkmanProduction Designer:J. Edward VigeantProducer:Jim CardenCastle Hill; NR; 93…

The Wintel Alliance: Robber Barons Redux?

Already notorious within the high-tech industry for its bullying tactics, Microsoft came to the attention of government regulators when a small software company accused the software…

French architecture

(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France. Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…

Carleton “Carly” Fiorina, 1999 News

44, high-tech executive, was named president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. in July. At a press conference Fiorina said, “I hope that we are at a point that everyone has…

Tommy Franks, 2003 News

the commander of allied forces in the Persian Gulf, directed the war in Iraq from the high-tech U.S. Central Command (Centcom) near Doha, Qatar. President Bush called on the four-star army…

William Jefferson, 2006 News

Democratic Congressman from Louisiana, was accused of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a small high-tech company, iGate Inc., in exchange for helping it secure…