Word: grips
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...that no matter how sharp our withdrawal pains threatened to become, no matter how much we loved rehashing the story on our coffee breaks, no matter how conveniently Elian's saga distracted us from the substantive issues facing our country, we'd release our obsessive Bay of Pigs-era grip on the boy and send him back to his father. Because hasn't Elian suffered enough...
Chalk it up to longstanding Microsoft-AOL rivalry if you will. But "netpliances" like the new Gateways are a portent of precisely the kind of products that could release--faster than any judge--Redmond's iron grip on the software industry. By 2004, analysts expect this kind of cheap-and-easy surfing gadget to outsell PCs. In this market, the most unobtrusive operating system wins, and the feature-heavy heft that won the desktop wars for Microsoft becomes a liability. "Most of these devices have no need for a Windows experience," says Dan Kuznetsky, a system-software analyst at technology...
...Fujimori-Toledo battle is less about policy than leadership style. Both men are committed to a program of economic reform and liberalization, but Toledo is challenging the president's increasingly authoritarian grip on power. Indeed, Fujimori's own constitution allows only two presidential terms, but he found a loophole to permit himself a third, and his supporters in Congress dismissed the constitutional court judges who demurred. But despite the strong public support he won in the early '90s for reining in inflation and facing down two leftist guerrilla insurgencies, many voters have turned against Fujimori. "The economy is stagnating with...
Microsoft isn't taking any chances on this public relations push, and in the interest of covering its bases it has accrued some serious Democratic influence to complement its grip on the GOP. But even amidst Microsoft's acquisition of high-profile pols like former Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour, Reed's appointment is raising a few eyebrows in the capital, says TIME Washington correspondent Viveca Novak. "Microsoft has been forking over huge amounts of money in the last year, hiring lobbyists with great connections who will plead their case," says Novak. "So no one is surprised they...
...mind, the industry has already demonstrated a good faith effort to improve the quality of air travel by issuing a proposed "Passenger Bill of Rights" in December. While it remains to be seen whether any actual improvements will emerge from that document, the airlines have the country in their grip. Passengers have very little recourse in their battle with the industry; the economy is good and more people are flying - for business and pleasure - than ever before. The airlines know perfectly well that we're stuck. After all, what are dissatisfied leisure fliers going to do - walk to their European...