Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Smaltz has scored some successes. He has snagged plea bargains or guilty verdicts in eight cases, including the conviction of Sun-Diamond Growers, a California raisin-and-nut cooperative, for, among other things, giving Espy luggage, meals and transportation. But even before his recent big losses, lawyers were complaining that Smaltz and his deputy Ted Greenberg have acted like wayward cowboys. Hiram Eastland, a lawyer representing former Espy aide Ron Blackley, says Smaltz's lawyers put Blackley's wife on the stand and tried to get her to testify against her husband despite the long-standing marital-privilege doctrine...
...these technologies." A new software the two companies will jointly produce should allow users to choose which information websites can learn about them. But since both Netscape and Microsoft are counting on advertising revenue to fuel their growth, putting them in charge of your privacy could be a Faustian bargain indeed...
...defense's final sally came on Wednesday, when Jones played tapes of Michael Fortier, McVeigh's Army buddy, talking about the case with friends. The tapes were made by the fbi when Fortier was a suspect. Under a plea-bargain deal, he testified for the prosecution that he had helped McVeigh plan the bombing. "I can tell a fable," he said to his father when he was contemplating the deal. "I can tell stories all day long." On another tape he joked about how much money he could make selling his tale to newspapers and television shows...
...customers? Funny thing: the customers are still reasonably happy--22 million of them show up every day--and they'll gladly take a bargain where they can get one. But McDonald's biggest problem is that customers are, increasingly, just as happy to go elsewhere for their junk-food fix: to Burger King for arguably better burgers, to Wendy's for better variety, to Starbucks and Einstein Bros. for better coffee and bagels in the morning, and to Boston Market or any number of gussied-up supermarkets for dinner. Says Greenberg: "I really believe our restaurants are running better today...
...University's educational expenditure per student last year, as reported by U.S. News and World Report, totaled $42,902. With undergraduate tuition and fees totalling $28,896, it would appear that students are getting a bargain of more than...