Word: showdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both sides said they welcomed the private sessions and agreed to continue them this week. However, neither believes that all the differences can be overcome. Even after one marathon session Friday, Starr was largely blocked from filling in the holes in his narrative, which means a courtroom showdown is almost inevitable...
...forceful and, above all, passionate," but regulators were deaf to his entreaties. As an insider put it, "Windows 98 is part--but only part--of DOJ's concern. It is only a chapter in a much bigger book." All this was a prelude to what may be a monumental showdown this week, as DOJ moves not only to block Windows 98 but also to end what critics have long thought to be Microsoft's predatory and monopolistic practices; as many as a dozen state attorneys general may follow suit. After months of sparring, the real fight is about to begin...
...this was a prelude to what may be a monumental showdown this week, as Justice moves not only to block Windows 98 but also to end what critics have long thought to be Microsoft?s predatory and monopolistic practices; as many as a dozen state attorneys general may follow suit. After months of sparring, the real fight is about to begin...
...years since the dolphin decision, the major environmental organizations have girded themselves for a showdown with free traders. Today most groups employ staff who work on nothing else. Last fall environmentalists banded together in opposition to President Clinton's request for renewal of fast-track trading authority. The Sierra Club took out radio ads, and the head of the National Wildlife Federation testified against it before Congress three times. They...
...cost of being labeled a traitor (by extremists on the right) and an opportunist (by the dogmatic left), he was ready to go a long way to accommodate the Arabs. Yet he was one of the first to foresee that in order for the Jews to avoid a showdown with the Arabs or to survive such a showdown, they must set up a shadow state and a shadow military force...