Word: cards
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...thrives on the reduction of friction, and the Web is the most effective friction reducer since the assembly line. The dot-com revolution hit first for consumers; as soon as Amazon, for instance, put millions of discount books within buying reach of anyone with a modem and a credit card, ordinary bookstores had to change or die. "E-markets have had a very significant impact," says Tim Minahan, an e-commerce analyst for the Aberdeen Group. "And you're going to see that on the business side as well...
...sign that Russia ?- however pathetically ?- can stand up to NATO," says Meier. And just last week Moscow set alarm bells ringing in NATO countries with a massive military exercise ?- including provocative bomber flights into Western airspace ?- designed to simulate repelling an attack from the West. "And the anti-NATO card will be played by most Russian political parties in the runup to December?s parliamentary elections and even in next year?s presidential poll," says Meier. So Russia plans to do more in Kosovo than simply keep the peace; it plans to prove a point...
...Islands-registered Foundation sought to take over U.S. insurance companies. But by early May, when Mississippi and Tennessee regulators began seeking the return of assets from Frankel's Liberty National, Frankel was gone, leaving behind, among other things, a half-million-dollar charge for jet fuel on his credit card. At his house, FBI agents recovered astrological charts intended to answer, among other questions, "Will I go to jail...
...image of a union card hanging next to a doctor's medical-school diploma may be difficult to envision. But frustrated physicians are increasingly turning to unions. The ranks of unionized doctors have grown 80% in the past three years, to about 40,000, or 6% of doctors in the U.S. And with health-care reforms like the Patients' Bill of Rights embattled in Congress, unions are being hailed as an elixir for consumers. Supporters of the movement contend that by banding together to negotiate contracts, doctors can better argue for coverage of such things as drug prescriptions and access...
...gathered two weeks ago in this meadow in the middle of Texas believe it will change the world, if ever so slightly. That is because they are witches, and what they are doing in this incantatory rite is casting spells, in this case for "tolerance and understanding." And while card-carrying witches might seem remarkable enough, these are more exotic still. They are Army witches: colonels and sergeants and captains and privates. They belong to a group of 50 or so kindred spirits who assemble regularly at Fort Hood, the largest U.S. military base, in Killeen. They are, in fact...