Word: fish
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...When the economy isn't allowing you to get any bigger, the risk of staying a small fish in the pond is pretty big," says Tom Topolinski, vice president of the Gartner research firm. Already, 25% of the software manufacturers in existence in 2000 have disappeared, mostly by burning through their venture-capital cash. Gartner predicts another 25% will vanish by the end of 2004 through waves of mergers and acquisitions. The recovering stock market is boosting the shares of stronger tech firms more than those of weaker rivals, so there are plenty of bargains around for those whose pockets...
...like our own. Mrs. Weasley can cast a spell to make dirty dishes clean themselves, but she can't create new kitchenware out of thin air. Rowling has created a world in which a boy can fly on a broom, talk to snakes and grow gills like a fish, but he can no more easily cope with his crushing sadness about his dead parents than any other child. "She mixes the real-life struggles in with the imaginary, magic struggles," says Casey Brewer, 15, of Longwood, Fla. "Harry and his friends have to think through the obstacles in life...
...exactly an endangered species. But their numbers are in steep decline, and that's great news on two levels: it's wonderful payback for all the bogus advice many of them gave in the late '90s, and more important, it offers new advantages for investors who like to fish for bargains among the stocks of small companies...
...Navy bombed only about 1 sq. mi. on the eastern end of Vieques, even as the military presence blocked the island's hidden coves and forested mountains from commercial development. Since the Navy pulled out of Vieques on may 1, its protective role has been assumed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. And word of the last Eden in the Caribbean has been rippling up from backpackers to more luxury-minded travelers...
...even get a little bit tired of flapping wings and beauty shots. But the film always recovers from these defects, mostly because Winged Migration's imagery never ceases to amaze. Whether we're seeing a startled flock taking sudden flight or zapping into a mountain lake to catch fish, our eye is constantly bedazzled...