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...Although WorldCom appears to have successfully outmaneuvered the much larger GTE in the race to acquire the United State's second-largest long distance carrier, anything can happen in this brave new world of telecommunications deregulation. Potential barriers include investors, federal regulators and, yes, even GTE. British Telecom, the other player in the three-way bidding war, has apparently cashed out ? pocketing nearly $7.5 billion thanks to its 20 percent stake...
...Angeles itself, however, is monumentally different from the towns along the snaking highway leading up to it. It is not linear but miasmic. Interstate-5 passes near the heart of downtown, making it seem that this freeway provides guidance to the pulse points of the country's second-largest city. But downtown is only one of many gathering places in the Southland, a fact lamented by many visitors who complain that the city has no center...
...this semester, I'm enjoying my lectures as a surprisingly worthy alternative to seminar and discussion. For now, I revel in the fact that I am in the College's second-largest class. And I'm looking forward to seeing how things evolve...
...chains run in overlapping markets. If the deal receives an official go-ahead, the resulting drug store chain will use the CVS name and have about 4,000 stores in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Annual revenue are projected to reach $14 billion, making CVS the second-largest chain in the country in sales. -- Elizabeth Owen
...mystifying landscape, sprinkled with mountains, desert canyons and grassland, supports South Dakota's second-largest industry: tourism. Despite the beauty of places like Mount Rushmore, it's hard to disguise the poverty of Indians living on reservations in a state enjoying an economic upturn. Though the state has only one congressional district, it is the nation's second most populous one. South Dakotans usually vote for the Republican presidential candidate, but give Democrats a fair chance of making it to Congress. An interesting anomaly, noted by the Rapid City Journal: all four congressional candidates have Internet home pages, but only...