Word: marked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crane figure, was asked to study the bears and suggest how everybody could get along. The contractor watched them dine at heavily trafficked Dumpsters for nearly a year. He discovered a culture of dominance in which some ate first and others waited. He watched bears urinate and defecate to mark territories. He consulted biologists, who explained that black bears instinctively climb trees rather than attack...
...much as I dislike Newt, he deserves better than being a scapegoat for the incompetence of the entire Republican Party." MARK ASCH North Yarmouth, Maine...
...BROWSER. Its lofty 80% market share back in heady '95 turned out to be a high-water mark for Navigator, the software jewel in Netscape's crown. Then Microsoft stuck its competing Web browser, Explorer, on millions of Windows desktops and grabbed roughly half the market with uncanny speed (the Justice Department is still trying to figure out exactly how that happened). Under AOL's wing, Navigator could once again take the lead--if Case decides to switch AOL's built-in browser from Explorer to Navigator. The problem is that if Case drops Explorer, AOL could lose its happy...
...that's an iffy proposition. Mark Mooradian, a senior analyst with Jupiter Communications, points out that Case may soon discover that Netscape is a double-edged sword. AOL's old mandate was simple: get as many people as possible onto its service. Now that it's a sprawling, vertically integrated e-commerce company, nasty intramural conflicts are inevitable. When Jeff Bezos upgrades Amazon.com's server software, for instance, will he buy it from AOL, which is the host for arch-competitor Barnes & Noble? Will the Internet service providers who compete with AOL choose Navigator as their browser, and thus enrich...
...Mark Thompson/Washington