Word: calling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...popular songs of the year include "Buttons and Bows," "Now is the Hour," "Nature Boy," "You Call Everybody Darling," "On Slow Boat to China," and "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth...
...putative China Inc. that masterminds all the nation's investment, trade and political activities worldwide. Liu was looking for a foothold in Western markets. When she visited the U.S. in July 1996, Chung introduced her to Clinton at a Los Angeles fund raiser. She and Chung also paid a call on the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, a meeting arranged by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, another recipient of Chung's illegal contributions. On the agenda: the procedure for getting a foreign firm listed on American stock exchanges. Liu had money on her mind, it seems, more than rocket launches...
...Londonderry, the second largest city in Northern Ireland, the citizens can't even agree on the name of the place they all live. The Catholics call it Derry, the original name before the English arrived to colonize the island. The Protestants insist on using the name with their preferred national capital stuck in front...
...that dreaded time in gadgetry again: you're going to have to choose between competing technologies. Did you bet Beta or VHS? Did you do Windows or bite into Macintosh? What call did you make on cellular vs. PCS phones? The next coin toss is in photography, in which a new line of digital cameras that store pictures on memory chips rather than film is fighting it out with Advanced Photo System models, an innovative take on traditional 35-mm film...
...when the DOJ suit was postponed, the state attorneys general who convened at the Justice building were naturally curious to learn why. Klein explained that Gates had called the night before, offering what appeared to be real concessions, including easing restrictions on what PC makers could put on their opening screens. That hardly squared with Gates' longtime obstinance on such matters, but Klein, whose sensitivity to politics and diplomacy would have made him a standout at the State Department, was willing to go the extra mile just in case. The states, however, were determined to maintain strategic independence...