Word: expression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were there protesting the people occupying the embassy," said Madan, an employee of the UUSC. "The demonstration in D.C. was to express our solidarity with [Burmese student activists] in their struggle...
...first Divx (pronounced "div-ex," it stands for digital video express) players began shipping to retail stores nationwide this month. Since Divx can run the old DVD disks while performing other amazing digital tricks, I suspect the new format is going to cause some confusion among the folks who are supposed to be trading in their VCRs for digital video decks this holiday season. Let's see if we can fine-tune the picture...
Cook soon fell on hard times, and Barksdale was forced to lay off half his 110-person staff. He scrambled to find a way to save the rest. One Sunday in church he collared an old pal who worked at a Memphis start-up called Federal Express that was trying to figure out how to automate the transportation unit--getting computers to route the couriers, trucks and airplanes. Barksdale's pitch: FedEx could buy Cook's data-processing department lock, stock and mainframe and sell services back to Cook. Within a few years, Barksdale was chief operating officer of FedEx...
...When you go door to door, people aren't interested in bumper stickers. Try to express a thoughtful idea in 30 seconds. Try it," he said...
...Thursday, is one. But even before that move, savvy corporate buyers had been turning up the volume. Last week marketing firm Cendant unveiled a $1 billion program to buy its own shares. This followed on the heels of buybacks by Pfizer ($5 billion), McDonald's ($3.5 billion) and American Express ($3.3 billion). In September $25 billion in share repurchases was announced--double the pace of earlier this year...