Word: plugged
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Outside the U.S. the two companies, which already operate in 72 countries, want to plug into Europe and Asia in a big way. That would mean head-to-head battles with such rivals as the partnership between AT&T and Unisource, a group of European telecommunications firms, and Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. long-distance outfit, which is 20% owned by French and German phone companies. A rich prize will go up for grabs in January 1998, when members of the European Union open their sluggish state monopolies to fast competition...
...most outspoken maverick CEOs--Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and Larry Ellison of Oracle--have been promising to turn the PC industry on its ear with a revolutionary machine they call the network computer, or NC. This stripped-down, easy-to-use communications device would cost less than $500, plug seamlessly into all kinds of computer networks and lure millions of technophobic home users onto the Internet. Best of all, as far as McNealy and Ellison are concerned, it would be based on a new programming language, Java, that promises to make obsolete today's overstuffed computer operating systems...
...cheaper and easier to use." To that end, he is planning a whole family of Oracle NCs--all designed to draw effortlessly from Oracle's databases--including a bare-bones desktop NC for as little as $300, an NC executive phone and an NC set-top box that will plug into a standard TV, letting home viewers surf the Web and send E-mail from the comfort of their living-room couch...
...answer you are looking for' is usually the product of a quite plug'n'chug formula application," he wrote. "I see no depth in the problems, only good ol' down home high school style busywork...
Adams' five-step revitalization program for the economically challenged 15th District focuses on crime, housing, entrepreneurship, jobs and community development. He calls Harlem a "sleeping giant" that, with the right leader, can again be "the spark plug and heartbeat of the nation." Unlike Charles Rangel, whose connections extend well beyond New York, Adams' campaign is grass roots. And he'll need deep roots to hold his own against the powerful incumbent...