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...deciding match was ironically the last singles match at No. 6. Swart was playing Eboli, the Bears' captain. Eboli won the first set and was up in the second, but Swart forced a tiebreaker. After getting down 4-1 in the breaker, Swart rolled off six straight points to win 7-4 and take the match to a third set. Both players fought tenaciously, but Eboli was able to get the final break...
...date, opening up Windows for the world to see has been a deal-breaker for Microsoft. But if the software package's secrets are revealed as part of a temporary injunction, they'll stay revealed regardless of the case's outcome - a fact that must have Bill Gates and his Redmond techies shaking in their sneakers. The other consequence of the leaked proposal (which Justice hasn't confirmed or denied) that could push Microsoft to the bargaining table is the potential diminution of its executives' stock portfolios. On news of Justice's intentions, Microsoft stock dropped 15 percent...
...World Class reps use the debaucheries, sex and hedonism of Spring Break like candy to distract most spring breakers from the issue at hand - downgraded accommodations and a slew of other costs hidden in the original contract, specifically the $150 "free" party package. The Reps even give each spring-breaker a complimentary "Spring Break Survival Kit" fully equipped with condoms and breath mints, Cancun must-haves...
Harvard spokesperson Joe Wrinn said that the University raised the issue before a final plan had been developed so its concerns could be addressed constructively and not become a deal-breaker...
Releasing crude from the SPR--the oil is stored in underground caves in Texas and Louisiana--could be a dam breaker. Says Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Resources, a leading consultant: "Any effort to tap the strategic reserve now will add to pressure on oil producers to put more crude on the market, which will start to bring prices down." The last time the government announced it was unloading oil from the SPR, in April 1996, petroleum-futures prices plummeted nearly 8% almost immediately and the cost of gasoline soon dropped 10[cents...