Word: presse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Transportation Safety Board is determined to proceed with caution this time, dampening the kind of speculation that flourished after TWA Flight 800 went down. Chairman Jim Hall, who was overshadowed by the FBI in that investigation, has appeared at nearly every press conference, emphasizing the importance of waiting for the facts--and the analysis of the black boxes...
...that Microsoft tried to suffocate his company, hailed the findings of fact as "an 11 on a 10-point scale." Michael Morris, general counsel for Sun Microsystems, crowed that "Microsoft is in deep, deep trouble, and they know it." Klein, flanked by Attorney General Janet Reno at a celebratory press conference, declared that it "shows once again that in America, no person and no company is above...
...Jackson had it all wrong. The company had broken no laws and done no harm to consumers. The judge failed to appreciate the dynamic nature of the software business, which makes any dominant position inherently short-lived. The only lapse in Microsoft's genetic self-assurance was a video press release the company rushed on the air immediately after the ruling came down. "We hope we can find a way," Gates declared, "to resolve this and put it behind us." For a moment, he seemed to be waving the white flag of settlement...
...take-no-prisoners holy war, that got Microsoft in trouble with the antitrust division--and that runs as a leitmotif through Jackson's findings. But if Gates' character explains the past of this lawsuit, it may also foretell its future. Shortly after Gates hinted at settlement in his videotaped press release, he appeared at a press conference at Microsoft headquarters. This time he seemed more focused on winning--if not before Judge Jackson, then later...
...major new study to be released this week isn't going to help matters, with a press release announcing definitively that the vital bond between mother and child often suffers when babies are placed in day care. It's just the sort of news that grandmothers like to clip from the paper and send to their favorite daughters-in-law, so be prepared...