Word: matching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second, Clark battled to win the set in a tiebreak, saving a match point. Clark seemed to gather accuracy and energy as the match grew old and frustrated his opponent...
Clark pulled out the match, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5, to complete the Crimson sweep...
...electronic flea market to appeal to the millions of online hagglers who passionately bid for everything from stereos and cruises to a Coke bottling plant and the historic town of Johnsonville, Conn. Bezos' is just the latest firm to recognize the Web as the perfect medium to match buyers and sellers in a capitalist free-for-all: Net portal Yahoo rolled out an auction site last fall, and America Online just struck a partnership with industry leader eBay...
Meanwhile, Priceline.com a patented e-commerce service that lets you name your price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, cars and home mortgages and then goes out to find sellers willing to match it, went public last week, and Wall Street treated the company like a rare gemstone. Priceline.com generated $35 million in revenue last year and lost $114 million (it has pulled in $20 million in the first two months of this year), but the stock, priced at $16, was bid up to $80 by week's end. That puts the company's value at around $11 billion, worth more...
...readers who wrote in suggested some terrific sites. ohmygoodness.com is funny and raunchy--a refreshing alternative to bluemountain.com the cloying market leader; wordwiseweb.com lets you mix and match words to customize such, er, unique greetings as "Amazing Friend" and "Feel Great." My new personal favorite (thanks, Roz!) is bowcreek.com Its sweet and elegant cards can be sent in batches of up to 25 people at once...