Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hospital, sparing him the mild electric shock called cardioversion that would have been used to return it to normal. And so the candidate held a Saturday press conference in an attempt to put questions to rest. "This is just a nuisance, quite frankly," he said. "My energy level is more than adequate. The schedule is not a problem. This will have no effect whatsoever. There's absolutely nothing to be concerned about." Then he flew to Florida to hit the trail again...
Bradley isn't having quite so much fun. "Bill's getting angry," said an adviser. "We're in a bind--Gore wants us to sink down to his level, and we're not going to do that." But they did. Bradley was determined not to lose his aura of rarefied high-mindedness--he's sure it works for him--and so he responded to Gore fitfully, rebutting in his languid way ("We've reached a sad day...when a sitting Vice President distorts a fellow Democrat's record") and having his staff send out faxes and e-mails to correct...
...CITY 3000 More than just a game, this worthy successor to the you-are-the-mayor classic takes world building to a new level. The urban landscapes you can create are so detailed that you can actually see people living in them. And the ability to post cities online (at simcity.com lets your legacy live...
...silence for more than a week before traveling to Belgium to apologize. (The incident resulted in a 65 million-can recall.) Nor did he burnish his company's image by failing to promote Carl Ware, senior vice president for African operations, Coke's top black executive, during a high-level shuffle in October--an omission that sent Ware to the exits even as four past and present black employees were suing Coca-Cola for alleged discrimination...
...month French authorities rejected Ivester's $840 million bid for the Orangina soft-drink business. Observes John Quelch, dean of the London Business School: "The power of global brands may be strong, but they are not strong enough to preclude the need to cultivate [government] relationships at the national level...