Word: majority
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...saying that the outcome of the war will be decided on a house by house basis, he seems to imply that no leader, not even Slobodan Milosevic himself, can have a major effect on what happens...
There is sophomore winger Tammy Shewchuk, who led the nation in goals with 51 and finished second to Mleczko with 54 assists. Even if Shewchuk never becomes a playmaker of Mleczko's caliber, she will be a major asset on Harvard's top line for two more seasons...
There was one last-ditch attempt to stave off this madness, one that was frustrating to the participants but emblematic of the problems of dealing with Milosevic. Last week Holbrooke, who had talked Milosevic into two major deals before, zipped into Belgrade with a "final, final" warning. In an ornate reception room with a Rembrandt on the wall, Holbrooke settled into the sofa on which he had sat for hours on other diplomatic shuttles, his back to a window that looked out onto a garden. Milosevic settled into his usual armchair...
...recent U.S. air war was over Bosnia in 1995. It helped drive Milosevic to Dayton, Ohio, where he signed a peace accord. An Air Force study concluded that the key lessons were to hit hard and use precision weapons. "Precision weapons gave NATO airmen the ability to execute a major air campaign that was quick, potent and unlikely to kill people or destroy property to an extent that would cause world opinion to rise against the operation," the study concluded...
...which price trumps brand and profit margins are narrowing. Dukker's company is the upstart leader in the ultracheap market that is suddenly rewriting the business model of the personal-computer industry. It's partly to blame for the recent sell-off of technology stocks that has driven major computer-manufacturer share prices down as much as 40%. (Want to know why we didn't make Dow 10,000 on our first run at it? Three letters: IBM.) There was a time in the mid-'90s when PC makers could count on ever more complicated applications requiring ever faster processors...