Word: odd
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Apple Computer is in the odd situation of scoring victories in a war that it seems well on its way to losing. On one hand, the company reported two weeks ago that profits of $114.7 million in the latest quarter were more than 40 times as high as those of a year ago. Thanks in part to its hot new Power Macintosh line, Apple shipped more than 1 million computers in a single quarter for only the second time in its history. Those signs of improvement under chief executive officer Michael Spindler, who succeeded the mercurial John Sculley last year...
This trio hardly ever gave up an odd-man break against and was perhaps the best forward line at the end of last season. While the three haven't put up the same offensive numbers that a Martins line might, they do generate a lot of clutch offense--for example, Karmanos scored only five goals, but four of them were game-winners...
...Center. Of its 1,107 students, 931 are Hispanics who speak limited English; 95% are so poor they qualify for free breakfast and lunch. Four years ago, Vaughn was just another failing inner-city elementary school: test scores were among the lowest in the state, 24 of the 40-odd faculty members had quit in the previous two years, and the principal had resigned after anonymous death threats. Yvonne Chan, the new principal, was determined to turn things around...
...criticism Germany's neighbors sometimes make about Kohl is that he is preoccupied with domestic politics and lacks vision. But it seems an odd charge to lay against a man dedicated to expanding the Atlantic alliance and making the European Union live up to its name. "Germany," says a senior NATO official in Brussels, "is probably the only major country that is whole- heartedly committed to both NATO and the European Union." Germans must realize, Kohl said last week, that their new unity "will be wasted if we don't press ahead in parallel with European unity...
...President to go overseas late in a crucial midterm-election campaign would be odd. Bill Clinton remarked at his press conference last Friday that two years ago he could not have imagined himself doing any such thing. Quite suddenly though, the Administration that had long seemed confused and blundering in foreign policy is riding an overseas winning streak that it is eager to tout...