Word: meant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offering, through a combination of cash and stock, a 17 percent premium over Comcast's bid -- but others in the industry aren't happy about the muscle-flexing. Consumers Union, a consumer advocacy group, plans to challenge the deal as a violation of antitrust laws and rules meant to limit concentration in the cable industry. But in an effort to let the market have its way, the FCC has temporarily stayed those rules. The deal will be pricey for AT&T: $23 billion would go to finance the cash part of the purchase. Another $1.5 billion would go to Comcast...
...women at Harvard has been cut, and I'm very sorry about that," said Peggy M. McIntosh '56, who resigned her post as second vice president of RCAA last spring because of her frustrations with the closed-door negotiations. "Even if undergraduate programs at Radcliffe weren't strong, they meant a lot to women...
...feared, the tie to undergraduate women atHarvard has been cut, and I'm very sorry aboutthat," said Peggy M. McIntosh '56, who resignedher post as second vice president of RCAA lastspring because of her frustrations with theclosed-door negotiations. "Even if undergraduateprograms at Radcliffe weren't strong, they meant alot to women...
...name Starbucks, referring to the first mate in Melville's leviathan novel, is meant to evoke the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. So claims the recent paperback, Pour Your Heart Into It, written by the company's CEO. Starbucks connotes a product that is unique and mystical, yet purely American. Before reaching that purely American solution, however, the store was called II Giornale, a name which aficionados thought captured the romance of the authentic espresso experience. In the battle between romance of the high seas and romance of the authentic espresso...
...really tell me anything about what my experience at Harvard would be like, and (2) l had no alternative but to make my decision based upon this weekend. Up until this point l had been hoping for a striking epiphany that would reveal to me the place l was meant to be--a quasi-religious recognition of `home' in the Yard. Now it seemed clear that l would have to find some alternate criterion...