Word: showdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Microsoft was supposed to be an epic ideological showdown--perhaps the greatest since the government broke up John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust in 1911. The Department of Justice antitrust chief, Joel Klein, would argue the liberal position that government must intervene when a monopolist abuses its position of dominance in the market. And Microsoft would make the libertarian case that markets work best when they operate freely. But a week into the trial, the real battle seems to be between two warring views of Gates. Is he the brilliant innovator who has brought the wonders of the information...
...Harvard women's soccer team will have more than goblins and ghouls to deal with this Halloween. There is a Big Green machine coming to Cambridge, and it has a showdown scheduled with the Crimson...
Despite the excellent offenses that will take the field tomorrow, several Harvard players said they expect the match to be a low-scoring showdown. Should a defense-driven contest emerge, it might favor the Crimson...
Harvard will next be in action on Wednesdaywhen it battles Fairfield on Ohiri Field. TheCrimson's next Ivy match is also at home, aHalloween afternoon showdown with Dartmouth...
Harvard has the opportunity to control its destiny Saturday when it travels to Princeton to face the Tigers in an Ivy League showdown...