Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DOUGLAS WALLER got interested in reporting on covert operations seven years ago when he covered the U.S. invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War. He quickly learned that ferreting out secrets calls for equal parts of patience and perseverance. It can take years to gain the trust of intelligence officers and months to verify the information they provide. Such was the case with this week's story about the CIA's efforts to block construction of an underground chemical-weapons plant in Libya. "This kind of story never gets dumped in your lap," says TIME's national-security correspondent...
...more on health care. Aetna's purchase of U.S. Healthcare is part of a larger shift in the industry toward vertical integration, says TIME's Bill Saporito, and the deal probably will be scrutinized closely by federal regulators. By merging with a leader in managed health care, Aetna will gain leverage over other players in the industry, such as physicians and pharmaceutical companies, says Saporito. Aetna will pay $34.20 in cash and .2246 of a share of its stock for each Healthcare share. Under the deal, U.S. Healthcare shares are valued at $57, up from Friday's price...
...exciting stories as soon as possible. Press releases have increasingly become unquestioned sources for news articles. Public relations representatives, knowing that the releases often are not scanned before being published, modify data to serve their purposes. They have the opportunity to rehash actual data to appeal to readers and gain attention...
...years Twin City had been trying to gain support for loosening the statute. The small-town banks always howled in protest, as did some of Twin City's large rivals in Little Rock, which didn't want to see increased competition there either. Politically, the measure seemed a long shot. Nonetheless, the bank had contributed generously to Clinton's campaigns...
...these players gain any open ice--and they have more chances to do that at the Olympic-sized ice surface--Harvard senior goalie Tripp Tracy will have to be at his sharpest to stop the shots of these marksmen. Tracy put forth his best weekend of the season at St. Lawrence, stopping 101 of 110 shots and keeping the Crimson alive early in the first two contests...