Word: giant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such cases remain the exception, and few have been upheld on appeal. Part of Mackenzie's giant damage award has already been set aside by a judge. And the California Supreme Court dealt Cotran a setback in January, when it ordered a new trial, which may be harder for him to win. The court said if employers fully investigate and arrive at a "good-faith belief" that harassment occurred, they may fire the alleged harasser...
Despite the rapid mergers of existing banks, more and more new ones are being launched. The number of applications for community bank charters has quadrupled, from 49 in 1994 to more than 200 last year, with much of the activity coming in states like Florida and California, where giant banks predominate. "The large banks just don't do a very good job of serving the niche that community banks have," says Bob Colvin, a banking expert for Sheshunoff Information Services...
Walsh can probably afford to be iconoclastic. In two short seasons, his brand of scrappy, throw back baseball has turned a team that finished last in 1995 with a 10-25 record into a two-time division champion and a giant-killer of the first order...
Harvard Computer Society Business Manager David B. Alpert '99 agreed. "The page is a giant improvement from the old one," he said. "The new page looks nice and does a good job of organizing information. It presents a stately image of Harvard...
...There they are--the giant killers," the man repeated. "Welcome back." "Thanks," responded Harvard sophomore Laela Sturdy. "It's nice to be back." The Crimson was back because it outplayed the Cardinal--a team that had made 10 consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances between 1988 and 1997--on Saturday night. The Stanford Event Staff member knew that; unfortunately, it appears the rest of the West Coast does...