Word: competitors
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...nation's schools and libraries. This effort is critical to ensuring that low-income Americans and those in rural areas gain access to the tools they need to compete in our information-age economy. Bringing technology to all Americans is the key to our future as a global competitor. We simply cannot stand by and allow our schoolchildren to be bypassed by the information highway. Discounts for schools and libraries mean education today and jobs tomorrow. It's an investment we must make. WILLIAM E. KENNARD, Chairman Federal Communications Commission Washington...
...fund as early as Fidelity, it's not too hard to find a fund at any firm that's watched over by some very innocent eyes--a trend that raises some skeptical industry eyebrows. "It's an interesting concept," cracks Jeffrey Molitor, principal at fund giant Vanguard, a Fidelity competitor, "giving somebody someone else's money to train with...
DIED. ROY EVANS, 88, world's savviest table-tennis champ who paddled his best point off the court: in 1971 he landed the U.S. team an invitation to play in China, paving the way for Nixon's historic visit the next year; in his native Cardiff, Wales. A cutthroat competitor, Evans bristled at the term Ping-Pong diplomacy (he considered Ping-Pong an "awful" name) and, in fact, was disappointed in the storied match, grumbling that the Chinese gave away points...
...wasn't at the top of his game in Wisconsin, and when we came back home and had him tested, we found out why," Tomassoni said. "And losing Adams was a big blow for us as well. He is such a big part of our team and a tough competitor. We certainly missed...
...world's wealthiest university refused to rev up a hidden "star system" of academic perks, some professors complained of stinginess, and one department faced high attrition in the face of an aggressively spending competitor...