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...whole other universe of arrogance. Don't even get me started on its .Net and Passport strategies (that's another article altogether). But remember, we're talking about kinder, gentler Microsofties, at least compared with the pre-antitrust trial version. Then they were viciously monopolistic. Now, they're just plain sneaky, and they're trying to fly under your radar. My advice: don't let them...
...Cascade, which hopes to derail the monument. "We'd just like to narrow the area to the significant features that warrant monument designation," says Hill. Contrasting sharply with both the big-money forestry firms and the well-organized Greens, a ragtag crew of ranchers show up to forecast in plain terms how the monument will destroy their way of life. "This is devastating," says cattleman Mike Dauenhauer, who owns a 12,000-acre spread but wants his cows to continue their subsidized grazing on public lands. Also balking, albeit to a lesser extent, are motorcycle riders and ATV enthusiasts...
...keen sense for the American vernacular, and she channels it directly into Bush's mouth. In February, when speechwriter Michael Gerson wrote an elegant, ornate script for the President's first address to Congress, Hughes marveled at its beauty--and then rewrote most of it in the plain language the President feels comfortable speaking. It was easily his best speech...
...teamwork and heart-and-soul efforts of those involved and the fun had by all. Had Erik not reached the summit because of weather or another factor beyond his control, his efforts of sweat, blood and burning lungs would be no less inspirational to the blind, handicapped and just plain folks like me who are trying to make our own lives a little more extraordinary. JONATHAN MCDONAGH Seattle...
...drill at all, and Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson, quickly dubbed the plan "the proverbial camel's nose under the tent." (Norton did say the plan would call for a reconsideration of its limits in six years.) And the energy industry and its friends in Congress are just plain appalled at Bush's lack of backbone...