Word: offers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Krakauer reached the 29,028-ft. summit of Mount Everest. His assignment for Outside magazine would, it seemed, end in triumph. But the day did not. A storm arose that killed 11 other climbers. Krakauer's book dramatically reports this calamity and examines the proliferating, expensive tours that offer novices the top of the world. Some of them live to tell their tales...
...division. As expected, Microsoft is appealing Judge Thomas Jackson's temporary order to stop using its Windows 95 monopoly as a stick to force computer makers to adopt its Internet Explorer Web browser. Microsoft claims the two products are inseparable. If the judge insists, however, it is willing to offer computer makers a choice between Windows 95 with Explorer built in and a two-year-old, "dumbed down" version so obsolete that it doesn't work with the newest software products...
Kaczynski's Reported Deal Bid Fails The Justice Department has reportedly turned down an offer from Unabomber-accused Theodore Kaczynski to plead guilty in exchange for life imprisonment. Did they make a mistake...
...Washington, President Clinton tried to accentuate the positive. ?The successful prosecution of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols should offer a measure of comfort that all Americans stand with the families of Oklahoma City,? he said in a statement, adding his thanks to the prosecution team for their hard work: ?The nation is deeply in their debt...
...ruling party is scheduled to unveil a series of fresh steps to stimulate Japan's economy and stanch the banks' hemorrhaging. But what will those actions be? And will they provide strong enough medicine? A source close to the Prime Minister says it is "impossible" for the government to offer the kind of tax cuts that spur solid economic growth. "He will be able to offer a measure of confidence for the banking system," says the insider. "But we will not see economic growth for quite some time." Says former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, with characteristic understatement: "We will muddle...