Word: majority
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Although Jovin came to Yale from Gottingen, Germany, she was an American citizen. A political science major, she had been active in community service, working as the student leader of Best Buddies at Yale...
...companies, from Barnes & Noble to 1-800-FLOWERS, that audience is getting accustomed to the idea of the Net as one vast cash register. Now Case is gambling that as e-commerce grows from a novelty to the bedrock of 21st century capitalism, AOL can--perhaps must--become a major player in the lucrative "enterprise" market, helping corporations large and small move their operations online. "Companies who want to work with us are interested in a lot more than us promoting the site," says Case. "They want us to help build the service." It's another smart plan, but executing...
...faces a tangle of challenges. Its principal foe, Barnes & Noble, recently purchased the Ingram Book Group, the largest U.S. wholesaler to book retailers, including Amazon. This follows Barnes & Noble's sale of 50% of its website operations to giant publisher Bertelsmann AG, creating a potent synergy. Meanwhile, nine other major Web retailers, including CDnow and eToys, recently banded together in an online mall called ShopperConnection to better compete with Amazon. Well-funded upstarts like Buy.com keep coming. And the first "electronic books"--or flat displays that let you read a book on a screen--are just hitting the market...
...Kevorkian is acquitted, it will be a major p.r. victory for the right to die. If he loses, he has vowed to starve himself to death in jail. Either way, Death will get plenty of headlines--but his spin doctor will probably get even more...
Florida's smoking judge concedes that criminalizing tobacco use could make it more glamorous. "That's a major concern when you're dealing with people this age," he says. But even if 15% to 20% of kids are persuaded to quit, he contends, the program will be a success. "I don't know what works," he admits. "But I figure that for a teenager, losing your license is like the death penalty...