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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…
(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Eve, 1912–2012, American photographer, b. Philadelphia as Eve Cohen. She moved to New York City at 28, and soon was studying photography at the New School; during this period…
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