Word: giant
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...foundation of a nation. China has all along maintained its cultural tradition without letup in the history of several thousand years. In modern times, the frequent bullying and humiliation by imperialist powers once weakened China. However, after 100 years of struggle, China has stood up again as a giant. This fully testifies to the indestructible strength of the spirit of the Chinese people. Today, in finding a road to development suited to us, we will proceed from our own national conditions to address the issue of how to conduct economic construction and political and cultural advancement without blindly copying other...
Meanwhile, economists are slashing their projections for the region. The Goldman Sachs investment firm predicts Malaysia's growth in 1998 will slow to 4%. Investment giant Morgan Stanley foresees that growth in the beleaguered Thai economy, which from 1993 to '96 averaged 8.2% annually, will shrink 1.5% next year...
When it comes to Microsoft, however, Justice generally does. Gates bailed on his proposed acquisition of financial software giant Intuit after Justice objected, but for the most part the agency has spent recent years attempting to slap Microsoft down, only to cut wimpy deals that left the company more deeply ensconced than ever...
...Defense contractor" does not begin to describe Armstrong. Formerly with IBM, he is a shrewd marketing executive who will bring a hands-on style of management to a company that has begun to resemble a helpless giant. At Hughes, Armstrong spun off the automotive parts and defense businesses to bring the company to the cutting edge of the satellite and telecommunication industry. The market voted its quick approval of his latest move. After the story broke on CNBC last Friday, AT&T's stock rose 3.7%, to $45.19, while the rest of the market had a dismal...
During the 3 or 4 billion years that it has existed on Earth, life has been devastated, and on occasion nearly wiped out, by the explosive impact of giant asteroids or comets. Now terrestrial life has finally evolved to the point where it is intelligent and capable enough to defend itself against the next such threats from space--if it has the will...