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...That?s a tall order, even for Schmidt. At Novell he learned first hand just how tough it can be to fend off Microsoft; Novell continues to roll along selling its network products. But that defeat spurred him on to golden success at Google. ?Schmidt knows the danger and the risks,? says Rymer. ?You can learn from your experiences, and he?s been effective at Google...
...Chirac loyalists hoping to fend off Sarkozy's more militant conservative challenge within the government were quick to take up that comforting analysis. Defense minister MicheŽle Alliot-Marie said in a radio interview, "I think the Germans have responded in a way that certainly does not allow the application of a totally liberal model." In other words, back off, Sarkozy, the more moderate tack of the Villepin government is not only what the French people want, but what the Germans apparently favor as well. That means marshalling the power of the state to solve problems like entrenched unemployment rather...
...Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom quickly decided that the shocking scenes of Katrina provided a teachable moment. Newsom unveiled a long-planned public-service advertising campaign last week that will amplify what may be Katrina's most important take-home message: survivors of a major emergency will probably need to fend for themselves for the first few days after calamity strikes. The goal is to get as many San Franciscans as possible to assemble--and keep current--a basic emergency kit, including a flashlight, a transistor radio, spare batteries, canned goods and, above all, enough water to last at least three...
...very encouraged by the first crisis test-drive of the Department of Homeland Security. What's more, while Americans might have rallied around Bush as he faced a foreign threat, this time the enemy is his own bureaucracy, the one that left American refugees to fend for themselves far longer than anybody thinks is acceptable...
...later allows parents a gap during which they can break away from the old ways. Some couples with married kids complain that the next generation is too slow to change its approach to holidays. That's why parents like the Schwartzes take off and leave the adult kids to fend for themselves. "After our holiday in Paris," Dianne Schwartz says, "I realized I'd needed to nudge the kids into starting their own traditions. After all, it's part of the growth process...