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...West -- anyway in the old westerns--morality and mechanics went gun-in-hand. Any showdown ended with the good guy proving his superiority over the bad guy via a double blast of dexterity and firepower. Few questioned why the better man should automatically be a faster, more accurate shot or why disputes had to be resolved by gunplay. That was just the way that, in national and movie mythology, the West...
While the concept of a showdown between his employers was enticing, Ridolfi hoped his Holy Cross team would benefit from the matchup...
...welcome her and the eBay team to China, and with this Yahoo! deal, we decided to give them a nice big welcome gift," Ma says puckishly. The move instantly transformed the pivotal fight for the e-commerce market in China into a high-profile showdown between two of the most successful companies of the Internet age. "The competition [for the China market] will be fierce, no doubt about it," says Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang, who has been friends with Ma for years...
...welcome her and the eBay team to China, and with this Yahoo! deal, we decided to give them a nice big welcome gift," Ma says puckishly. The move instantly transformed the pivotal fight for the e-commerce market in China into a high-profile showdown between two of the most successful companies of the Internet age. "The competition [for the China market] will be fierce, no doubt about it," says Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang, who has been friends with Ma for years...
...veterans from Iraq and the war on terrorism. One of them, Marine reservist Paul Hackett, became something of a hero this month when he nearly won a seat in a heavily G.O.P. district in Ohio, in a special election closely watched by both parties as a prelude to the showdown in '06. Democrats have recruited at least three other veterans to run for House seats and are close to signing on another--in a North Carolina district where Republican incumbent Robin Hayes is considered vulnerable because he voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Marine reservist Timothy Dunn told...