Word: exception
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years later Vajpayee, 71, returns as Prime Minister. This time he rules in a coalition made up of fractious and contrary parties, 17 in all, that disagree on almost every issue except one: it is time to declare India a full nuclear power, not just an ambiguous "threshold" state. After demonstrating its manifest capability to build A-bombs in 1974, India has voluntarily practiced a form of nuclear "Don't ask, don't tell" for more than two decades. Vajpayee is determined to accomplish what nine previous governments have not dared since India detonated its first nuclear device under...
...official statement, "were not in the interest of PC users and would have set a bad precedent for other technology companies in the PC industry." The DOJ's terse statement merely noted that negotiations had "ended without resolution," and "at this point, the talks are not expected to resume." Except, that is, when they're conducted for keeps in front of a federal judge...
...fact, the details of the talks that began emerging early Saturday evening made it clear Klein was looking for concessions that Microsoft was unlikely ever to grant. One demand, according to Microsoft, was that the company hide the Windows opening screen and let anyone in the software industry--except Microsoft--compete to offer a new one to PC makers. Another suggested that Microsoft either remove or turn off the Explorer browser that is even more thoroughly knit into Windows 98 than it was into Win 95. A third, according to Microsoft, was that the company include a copy of Navigator...
...could say he was the greatest, and that's right. But that doesn't say enough. There's nothing you can call him that doesn't in some way sell him short. Except Sinatra...
...immediate injunction, it's happy with a quick two-for-the-price-of-one trial. "It lays to rest any comparison with the IBM case," said Justice counsel David Boise. Indeed, everyone involved will be glad not to suffer a repeat of Big Blue's 15-year court battle -- except, perhaps, for the trial lawyers...