Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...detrimental effects of these policies are twofold. Ninety percent of Intel-based personal computers now come with Windows pre-installed, giving Microsoft effective control over the course of technological development in the software industry. Furthermore, the fact that Microsoft has discouraged innovation from its competitors has undoubtedly curbed the introduction of new products onto the technological market...
...parties can settle, they will not only avoid the costly and arduous process of appeals but may also avert the possibility of a new, and possibly ideologically different, administration assuming control of the government's side of the case should it continue past the 2000 presidential election. Microsoft's political lobbying efforts have intensified over the past year, and it would be disappointing to see the judicial process interrupted by politics...
...They simply lost control of the program," Kiley says. "I asked how much money was left in the budget--it took five months to get an answer and even then, the number was clearly too large...
...still shaping up as a fight. Although the two sides are only $200 million apart over how much to spend, the dispute is over how to spend it: The GOP wants additional spending to take the form of block grants to the states; the White House insists on federal control. Rather than dig in their heels, the Republicans have tended to sign off on some of Clinton's pet projects but then insert riders that the President may find politically tricky...
FOOD We'll favor fruits, grains and vegetables grown close to home, either in our backyard gardens [6] or on nearby organic farms [7]. It won't take much energy to get the fresh produce to local markets. Since the farms will employ natural forms of pest control rather than potentially toxic chemicals, there will be much less of a buildup of suspected carcinogens in the food supply...