Word: orrin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first time before Congress. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to address Microsoft's allegedly anticompetitive practices, Gates will try to bury the impression that he disdains the "other" Washington and its institutions. To help mask his well-known contempt, Gates, who has complained that committee chairman ORRIN HATCH has targeted him, has been rehearsing his testimony in front of a "murder board" of advisers. Gates will also subject himself to a day of glad handing, pleading the company's case in one-on-one meetings with Senators, including majority leader TRENT LOTT...
...Gates lolled around in the office of home-state senator Slade Gorton, chatting with reportersbefore TV cameras. He met for over an hour Monday with Orrin Hatch, who is leading the grilling of Gates and other software kingpins Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He threw a few scraps to Internet service providers, allowing them to promote other browsers as heavily...
...crushed David. But when Bill Gates went head-to-head with Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the little guy -- aided by a gang of sympatico senators -- was finally able to get a slingshot in. Kicking off the hearings in a basketball-court-sized room, Sen. Orrin Hatch called for a fair fight. "Neither this hearing, nor any aspect of this committee's inquiry, are intended to serve as an arena for attacking any single company," he said...
...committee's chairman, Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and ranking minority member, former prosecutor Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who kicked off the questioning. Hatch pressed Gates for details on browser licensing relationships with Internet providers; Leahy was determined to learn more about fees Microsoft might charge for online transactions. Gates ducked, weaved, but generally came out sounding fairly reasonable...
...that any contact was "accidental," at least on his part. Whatever the case, another paparazzo was conveniently on hand to capture the action on film. In Washington, meanwhile, a Hollywood-friendly Senate seems to be taking the stars' side in this ongoing battle. Senators Dianne Feinstein of California and Orrin Hatch of Utah are introducing a personal-privacy-protection act to limit the liberties that photographers take in pursuit of the great shot...