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...while analysts were tantalized by the prospect of a direct line between two of the world's most important technology companies - and by an announcement by Orange last month that it will sell a Motorola-made Microsoft-based phone - they remained perplexed. Has Microsoft finally established a beachhead into the lucrative but elusive European mobile market? Or is the dongle just one more vaporware announcement...
...charities but also of evangelical groups like his. Some offer only material aid; others aid plus the Good News. Others such as the International Bible Society and Discipling a Whole Nation (DAWN) will concentrate solely on spreading God's word. Not for decades has Evangelicalism enjoyed such an Iraqi beachhead. DAWN's Rich Haynie says that to the extent that the Allied bombardment induced Muslims to question their god, "we could say that the war was a ripeness moment...
...ousting Saddam. Administration officials even told ABC's Nightline that weapons of mass destruction were not actually the primary reason for going to war; instead, they became the focus of Bush administration efforts to win domestic and international backing for an invasion whose objective was to establish a beachhead for democracy against terrorism in the Middle East. "We were not lying," one official told the network. "But it was just a matter of emphasis...
...officials now think that when he later visited family in the Amoy Gardens apartment complex, he passed the disease to his brother and sister-in-law?sparking a virulent outbreak among residents. Some 250 people in the apartment complex came down with SARS, giving the disease its first major beachhead in the general population...
...relied on donations from wealthy individuals and conservative foundations across the country. Its critics regard such contributions as an attempt by conservatives elsewhere to insinuate themselves into Berkeley politics. But Berkeley's leftist reputation has proved a boon to fund-raising efforts; donors view the Patriot as a beachhead of right-wing thought at a famously liberal university. "In a way, our legacy helps us," says Patriot co-founder Barnett. "People in Alabama may not necessarily be spurred to support a conservative group at Washington State, but Berkeley? They'll send a check...