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Based in Irvine, Calif., Cardiac Science was teetering on the edge of oblivion in 1996 and had no sales--none--as recently as 1998. At that time it was trying to sell a different type of defibrillator to hospitals and was getting crushed by medical-equipment giants like Medtronic Physio-Control and Philips Medical Systems. But then it abruptly changed its game--and its fortunes...
...political weakness, both on the Palestinian street and in the Palestinian Authority. Abbas has minimal standing among ordinary Palestinians, and Arafat is actively using his greater influence in the PA to ensure he fails - hardly surprising since the U.S. has made clear that Abbas's success would mean oblivion for the aging Palestinian leader. But this is far more than a personality clash between Arafat and Abbas: If it were that simple, Israel's intelligence chiefs would not be warning Sharon's government against any move to expel Arafat from the West Bank in response to the latest attacks. Arafat...
...tagged out two bunched-up runners at the plate (Lou Gehrig was one of them) with a single grand, sweeping, run-cancelling gesture. Angell writes like an outfielder at the warning track, performing a running plie with outstretched glove, gracefully saving priceless wonders like these from the bleachers of oblivion...
...regime would ultimately be destroyed in a conflict with the U.S., but the impoverished pariah state is sinking into oblivion anyway and has little else to lose. "North Korea is ready for a suicide attempt," warns Yoo Ho Yeol, an associate professor at Korea University in Seoul. The U.S. will determine whether it is an assisted suicide. Here are Washington's options, and the special difficulties each presents...
...appears Herculean. Then there's a certain Mr. Arafat, whom Washington is trying to wish away, but who remains more powerful than Mr. Abbas - and has considerable incentive to ensure that the prime minister fails, because the Israelis and Americans have made clear that success for Abbas equals oblivion for Arafat...