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...drives later, Fordham drove 69 yards to the Crimson one-yard line for a first-and-goal but threw incomplete three times and settled for an 18-yard field goal...
This second line of spin was not courageous--or true. The speech had been in the works for a month, and principled slaps at the G.O.P. had been in the earliest versions. Indeed, Bush had been saying similar things in milder terms since summer, calculating that he can chide conservatives and woo moderates without losing his right flank. But he knows the primaries aren't over. The only rival gaining on him is Senator John McCain: in New Hampshire he has picked up 13 points in a month, standing at 23% to Bush's 43% in one poll. But McCain...
...course, it doesn't really matter where he works. Whether he's at Pixar, at Apple or at home in Palo Alto, Jobs just parks in front of a computer linked via high-speed line to a server that offers the current state of affairs at both companies: documents, presentations and e-mail, e-mail, e-mail. "There's not a day that goes by that I don't do stuff for Pixar," Jobs says, "even if I'm not physically there. And there's not a day that I'm at Pixar that I don't do stuff...
...gets very nervous when the bulls are playing in the china shop. I found myself freaking--and laughing at myself." He also started thinking. Toys were meant to be played with. How must they feel about being put on the shelf? Out of that insight came the central plot line...
Take MCI WorldCom's 10-10-220 long-distance service. You pay 99[cents] for the first 20 minutes--a bargain if you talk a lot. But you pay 99[cents] even if you're on the line for just a minute, making that rate one of the highest around. They don't tell you that. Here are some tips to keep your phone bill down...