Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday the park's paths were littered with broken branches. Of the 1,736 trees and plants hurt by the storm, 313 must be removed and 599 suffered major damage...
...roots. In Chillicothe, Ohio, Chicago bureau chief James Graff found Jim Whitman, an executive vice president of the Petland retail chain, in high spirits; customers were buying his tropical fish, Dalmatians and flying squirrels in record numbers. In Aurora, W.Va., however, the mood was less sweet. Dale Pase, a park ranger, told staff writer Adam Cohen that 85% of his neighbors could be classified as "working poor...
Still, the threat has sharpened Ellison and hardened Oracle's martial culture even further. In the past six months the firm has stood down a Kamikaze charge from its main challenger in the database business, Informix. The Menlo Park, Calif., company blindsided Oracle with a series of hip-sounding, well-marketed database programs it claimed were faster and better at scrounging through terrabytes of data--the grunt work where databases make their fortunes. Oracle stock took a quick dip, but Ellison's slash-and-burn sales force and espresso-fueled programmers quickly unplugged the challenge. "Informix did tons of things...
...your Top 25 to be one of the more disturbing recent articles in your magazine. The very idea that there are people in this country who allow their lives to be influenced by the likes of Rosie O'Donnell, Don Imus and Trent Reznor is frightening. ED KULASA Tinley Park, Illinois...
...studio chief Bill Mechanic says the Titanic footage looks great and the decision to make the movie will seem a lot smarter once the public gets a look at it. But given the jam-packed season, there's no place to park this ocean liner. Meanwhile, Air Force One has been generating great buzz. Should the Ford flick be forced into a battle with Titanic, audiences will have to choose between the two, giving Titanic a chance to sink yet again...