Word: adamant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Global auctions are the kind of ideal market Adam Smith could only have dreamed of. Sellers are, at least in theory, guaranteed a price that isn't too low: they get to sell to the highest bidder anywhere in the world. And buyers are assured the price isn't too high because they get to choose the lowest one being offered by any seller in the world. Location becomes unimportant. You're not penalized for being a seller stuck in low-traffic, low-price Bismarck or a buyer shopping in high-cost Manhattan. Auctions also minimize transaction costs ("friction...
...examination of e-commerce would be complete without a look at eBay, the online-auction business that is part swap meet, part town square. Senior writer Adam Cohen not only toured the company in San Jose, Calif., but also flew to Paris (ah, the sacrifices journalists make!) to have coffee with the company's elusive founder, Pierre Omidyar...
...runner, Vladimir Putin, has no tolerance for Western interference but apparently feels free to accept Western dollars, spending $115 million on Russia's military. How long will it be before the U.S. is once again facing a hostile enemy prepared to wage war against it with U.S.-financed weapons? ADAM HACKER Nepean...
...Adam I. Arenson...
...Reed (Kent McCord), Adam-12 I wouldn't change the wording at all, and I've read more suspects their rights than any cop on TV. Watch early Dragnets--it's weird to watch Jack Webb interrogating people. You think, 'Whoa, Jack--you didn't read them their rights!" Miranda protects cops as much as the public...