Word: lead
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Brown (2-1, 1-1 Ivy) had scored four straight touchdowns and entered the third quarter with a 28-7 lead before the Big Red began their comeback. Cornell's John Algeo halted the Bears' final drive with an interception, which, combined with his 65-yard fumble return for a touchdown, earned Algeo the Ivy League's Defensive Player of the Week award...
Dartmouth (0-3, 0-1 Ivy) blew a 10-7 halftime lead and failed to win its first game this season by suffering a 10 point loss at the hands of the Leopards (1-2) in Easton, Pa. Saturday...
Board members also point out that the Internet can be a disruptive force, because it bypasses many business functions and can lead to their demise. Travel agencies could be in very, very difficult shape, for instance. Says Newman: "I think you will eventually see some change in the distribution of automobiles, because people detest the process" of getting all their information from dealers; they prefer to gather data on the Net. Varian believes that shopping malls will continue to draw people, but many consumers will come only to visit movie theaters, restaurants, cafes and other entertainment outlets. He thinks shopping...
...corporate citizenship is based on the belief that companies owe stakeholders--customers, employees, activist groups, the public--an annual warts-and-all airing of their environmental and societal records, just like the flow of financial data they must provide to shareholders. But since environmental or ethical misdeeds can lead to profit-hammering headlines, the extra information can be of use to investors...
While a bloated, imperial operation could hardly be expected to pick up on warning signs, Gore insiders particularly fault Mark Penn, the lead among Gore's half a dozen pollsters. Penn shares his energies with the President, Hillary Clinton and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Over and over, Penn told the Vice President that Bradley posed little or no threat, that Bush was not as far ahead as public polls suggested and that most voters were confusing the Texas Governor with his father. At one point, when Penn was insisting that Gore was no farther than 10 points behind Bush...