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...that the competitive landscape has shifted, should the court even bother to continue? Microsoft, not surprisingly, says no. Chief counsel William Neukom declared that the Netscape deal "yanks the rug out from the government's case" by proving that the Internet is more competitive than ever. As soon as the feds finish their case, Neukom's team will ask Judge Jackson--one more time--for summary dismissal. Said David Boies, the Department of Justice's lead attorney: "[That's] the sixth time that Microsoft has pronounced the government's case dead...
...flying airplane studying the lay of the land. When he had triangulated the proper intersection between a few small towns, he would touch down, buy a piece of farmland at that intersection and order up another Wal-Mart store, which his troops could roll out like a rug...
...deal has something for Bill Gates, too. In Washington's federal courthouse, lawyers for Microsoft have jumped at the chance to prove that it's a volatile world after all. How can you have antitrust regulation when that kind of conniving is going on? "This proposed deal pulls the rug out from under the government," said top Redmond attorney William Neukom...
...queen-sized structure extending from a nook in the wall (originally a closet). The Bed is covered by a silky black comforter and framed by a leopard-print valance and bedskirt. The leopard-print motif also saturates the room's black, blue and orange patterned rug as well as its black and yellow window drapes. Black lights illuminate posters of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley while to the side a "Cosmic Circle" light radiates gently...
...drive past the place every day, and the first thing I think about is, How did it catch fire? Sometimes I imagine a purely prosaic event like a cracked furnace or cheap Christmas lights sparking on the rug. Sometimes I picture a modern-day Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca standing in the upstairs window, her mad hair swathed in flames, or the first Mrs. Rochester from Jane Eyre as she raves on the roof before torching the joint...