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...while Rhys thinks the company can become profitable and remain strong for six to seven years, he says after that it will need to partner with or be bought by a larger rival to help fund new product development. Otherwise, he says, "Rover faces a slow decline into oblivion." For now, Rover's managers insist that they're not interested in buyers, partners, additional investors or a market flotation - that they only want to stick to their game plan. If potential buyers or partners come knocking after that, ceo Howe says, "who knows how it might turn out?" Executives also...
Abortion teaching had been slipping into oblivion until MSFC began to reverse the trend. Though the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal, prompting some med schools to include the procedure in course work, the ruling also fueled an active antiabortion movement that sought to stigmatize providers. (Last week the House passed a bill making it a federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on a woman, a measure seen by someas the first step toward new limits on the procedure.) Wanting to avoid controversy and often at the behest of conservative legislatures or donors, many...
...should not be televising executions, even for the satisfaction of the victims' families. We should not be executing these people at all. Oblivion kills them better...
Recently, a commission funded by the Oklahoma legislature investigated the riot. Its purpose was to “excavate a history that had been consigned to oblivion for the past 75 years,” according to the distinguished historian John Hope Franklin...
...extension of Bush because, not having any personal ambition, his actions are seen as pure and unbiased. This is an important shift from the traditional view of the vice presidency as a stepping stone--although Teddy Roosevelt wrote, "It is not a stepping stone to anything except oblivion." This distinction allows Cheney to influence without being distrusted. His status as an extension of the president, combined with his skill and experience, allows Cheney to deal with Congress and the public successfully...