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That's why it's no small irony that the biggest boon to the venture came from none other than media baron Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News Channel Gore once called a "fifth column" that has turned "daily Republican talking points into the definition of what's objective." Chances are, Current TV would never have got even this far had Murdoch not given it NWI's existing slot on his DirecTV satellite system, which accounts for 14.5 million of the nearly 20 million households Current reaches. It's a big start toward the 50 million Gore hopes to attain...
...boon is this ruling...
HOTTEST KITCHEN APPLIANCE The microwave oven was a profit boon to retailers, and firmly established "microwave" as a verb. No one ever ovened a cake or stoved an egg, but Americans are microwaving with impunity...
This year's drop in oil prices produced a new cast of Wall Street winners and losers. It was a boon to the airlines, which got a break in their fuel bills. Shares of UAL, the parent of United Airlines, have gone up 12.5%, to 49 1/2. At the same time, oil-company stocks have been lagging behind the rest of the market. Amoco shares have slipped from a high of 70 1/4 to 62 1/4, and Mobil's stock has dropped from a peakof...
...second trial proved to be a boon for the defendants: two were acquitted and Easterling was handed the lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 to 20 years at the Mass. State Penitentiary...