Word: fiercest
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...with open arms. For years now, their concerns have been ignored by auto executives who insisted there was no way to improve fuel efficiency and still give consumers the cars they want. The rise of sport utility vehicles only served to exacerbate the tensions between the industry and its fiercest detractors. But now that Ford, ironically once one of the movement's most hated adversaries (think of the Expedition), has made good on a pledge to examine better ways to fuel its cars and trucks, environmentalists may see a light at the end of the tunnel - as well...
...higher court extends the injunction that has obliged him to stay. In other words, even though the case has long since been resolved in the court of public opinion, in the legal system it's far from over. And that's good news for Fidel Castro and for his fiercest opponents in Miami, who've both used Elian's fate to rally their supporters behind decades-old banners. The extended Gonzalez family are, in the end, simply the latest victims of the epic mutual hatred with which the Cuban leaderships in Havana and Miami have symbiotically sustained each other...
Microsoft's fiercest detractors insist that only one remedy will address all Microsoft's misdeeds and ensure that it sin no more: breaking up the company, much as AT&T was split into the Baby Bells in 1984. In one scenario, Microsoft would be divided along functional lines: one company that makes applications software, one built around the Internet and other new media, and one that just does Windows. A functional breakup would prevent Microsoft from using Windows for leverage in the applications and new-media markets, but it would leave the Windows monopoly intact...
...older generation, the battle to save Elian from Castro's Cuba be a way of renewing their own faith and identity. But the reality remains that Elian Gonzalez is likely to grow up in a world from which both Castro and his fiercest foes have departed. It must be hoped that he may transcend the trauma their battle has visited upon...
...Crimson's fiercest competition at that tourney will likely be Virginia Tech, who enter this weekend riding a 22-game winning streak at home...