Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gerstner has revived the old-line software and hardware businesses that were at the root of the last corporate nosedive. He parachuted Thoman into the firm's struggling PC division with a mandate to clean up the mess. Thoman killed some of the group's nearly 500 models of machines and breathed life into those he kept while pounding costs through the floor. In January, IBM spent twice as much and took twice as long to make a PC as industry leader Compaq. Now it claims it has No. 1 beat...
ENVIRONMENT Vetoed Republican attempts to weaken the Clean Water Act and to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development. Opposes the "property rights" movement, which would require the government to compensate landowners for loss of value due to environmental regulations...
...Republican Senator since Reconstruction, and it was assumed Bryant would have an easy time of it, especially after lieutenant governor Mike Huckabee quit the race. When Tim Hutchinson joined the chase, the odds changed. Still, Bryant follows a Democratic agenda, wanting to protect Medicare benefits, preserve the Clean Air Act and make college tuition tax deductible...
Former history teacher Poshard is keeping the Democratic tradition of the 19th alive by lobbying for his farm and coal-miner constituents--disability benefits for those with black-lung disease, research on "clean coal," water projects for agriculture--but he also wants federal spending curbed. It's a political one-two punch likely to keep the likeable Poshard in office another two years...
...hard to keep the equipment clean," Jeff Pzena says. "People who are careful and detail-oriented make good beer, but here we take care of all the clearing and sanitation for you, so it's inevitable that you'll make good beer...