Word: besting
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Gore begins with the notion that presidents since Eisenhower have used television--not newspapers--to communicate to the nation. The thesis attempts to answer why this change took place so rapidly. He considers how one can best master the news medium, what structural factors influence news coverage of the president, and finally, how has presidential leadership changed since 1947, the year that Gore begins his study...
Gore knew the shortcuts around campus and knew the best places to eat in the Square--after all, he is familiar with the territory...
...Microsoft resorted to "predatory" behavior in an attempt to log competitors out of the market? One would think so, especially since the crux of His Majesty's edict is that "Microsoft effectively eliminated Netscape as a platform threat." But the charge holds up only in virtual reality, at best. Netscape still enjoys a comfortable 42 percent of the browser market and that figure will increase to a snugly hegemonic 58 percent after its acquisition by AOL is complete. Then again, Jackson's understanding of the word "eliminate" could just be more rich and nuanced than Webster...
...purchaser." The appeals court is higher up on the judicial food chain than Jackson's district court and it did have three judges examine the issue, as opposed to only one. But that was last year. His egregiously embarrassing computer literacy problems in the courtroom notwithstanding, Jackson simply knows best. (Although I'm praying he doesn't direct the anti-bundling animus against ruthless exploiters with the temerity to bundle such things as salt and pepper or cars and tires...
...remember that at the start of the year, the thought of Harvard having one of its best seasons ever seemed improbable at best. Harvard faced many questions entering the season, as 1999 looked to be a model of rebuilding, not reloading...