Word: discounter
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...piracy kits, bringing much joy to the lives of nearly every computer-literate student and much distress to the careers of Tower Records executives who, coincidentally, declared a no-return policy on all compact discs. Thanks to Napster, people didn't need to leave home for a five-fingered discount on music. The recording industry's nightmare was the morally flexible college student's dream...
...national papers, however, were skeptical of early reports from the student press. For a variety of reasons, another finalist was the early favorite, and major media outlets were reluctant to discount their own sense that University of Michigan President Lee C. Bollinger would...
...mean to discount the depth of the horror this action has caused. Bryan Zuckor, 14, and Randy Gordon, 17, were killed in their public school Monday, and the loss for their families is immeasurable. The first lesson should be that any threats should be reported, as many warning signs went unheeded by students and adults in this case. The second is that of gun control--teens only have access to life-ending force because lax gun laws and careless parents make guns the weapon of choice. The stance of the National Rifle Association and of President George W. Bush...
Thursday, the Navy continued its inquiry into the February 9 collision that killed nine Japanese civilians and ended the careers of several submarine officers. Defense attorney Charles Gittens, hired by Commander Scott Waddle, tried to discount the prosecutorial picture of the collision by pointing repeatedly to the negligence of one fire control technician, later identified as Patrick Seacrest. Gittens' attack was, according to observers, effective inasmuch as he got the prosecuting attorney to admit Cmdr. Waddle might not have had as much to do with the accident as was previously thought...
...some of the best-known Branson businesses are in the black-the main airline, trains, Virgin Direct financial services and the Megastores all turn profits, says Whitehorn-plenty more just plain haven't worked. Virgin Drinks, the cola company, lost millions in recent years. Virgin Express, a Brussels-based discount airline that trades on the nasdaq for about $1 a share, down from more than $27 in 1998, has been hit by its dependence on connections with Belgium's beleaguered Sabena airline...