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...outlast the Ricky Martin craze, ask your future spouse some tough questions. Most simmering differences can be defused by talk before they heat to a boil. But if you run into a pig-headed partner who feels the family finances are none of your business, consider it a deal breaker. You are bound to discover that your priorities have not been taken seriously. And if your fiance lies in a big way about personal assets or debts, don't go anywhere near a church. Such seeds of mistrust will surely flower...
...nation's No. 1 cable company when it finally won MediaOne's hand. Comcast, for stepping aside, gets to buy 2 million of AT&T's cable subscribers to further solidify its current position as a regional powerhouse and national No. 3. Not to mention $1.5 billion in deal-breaker fees from MediaOne (AT&T will foot that bill). So Comcast is happy. MediaOne's stockholders are definitely happy. And the groom? "This deal, along with the TCI purchase, is one that AT&T needed to make," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "Now they're at the vanguard...
...Radcliffe win marks the tie-breaker in the Radcliffe-Yale series, which is now 12-11 in Radcliffe's favor, dating back to 1976. Radcliffe has now won three in a row over the Elis...
...additional requirement proved to be a deal-breaker for this round of negotiations. ?The Chinese believe they are already taking a big enough risk -- competition -- by seeking to join the WTO,? says FlorCruz. They are not willing to also shoulder the risk of a U.S. veto over their economic decisions. Meanwhile, the administration -- already on the defensive over allegations of Chinese nuclear spying and Chinese campaign contributions -- is concerned about getting burned in Congress over anything Chinese and wants to look tough. U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky showed up on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell the American hard line...
...lost the first set, 6-3, but turned things around in the second, tying the score with a 6-4 win. The third set was up and down as Blake and Meineke traded service breaks in the third several times before extending the match to a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Meineke had all the answers and took the set with a 7-5 win. The team match stood...