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...worked together to avert a doomsday scenario and save the filibuster because they recognized that the filibuster is needed to preserve the deliberative nature of the Senate; the filibuster rewards working across party lines, encourages politicians to reach out and try to convince the other side, and prevents a slim majority from running roughshod over the minority party...
Make no mistake, though. Cornell was arguably Harvard’s toughest opponent all year, losing slim 3-1 and 2-1 games to the Crimson across the river in early April...
...analysts Ovum. "Part of an outsourcer's job is to get rid of people when you no longer need them." Still, there's no guarantee that gains will follow. IBM's global services account for more than half of its $100 billion in revenues, but the profit margins are slim. The IT services market is getting mighty crowded, too: of the €6.9 billion of major IT outsourcing contracts signed in Europe so far this year, the "Big Six" outsourcing firms - which include IBM - have captured only about €1.2 billion, half last year's market share, according to sourcing...
...than an attempt to associate the narrative to broader anti-Bush anger. The links drawn between the president and Enron are interesting, but the accusation that Bush let Enron plunder California to bring down Gray Davis seems controversial for controversy’s sake, particularly in light of the slim evidence used for proof. Many scenes smack of afterthought, as if the filmmakers realized they needed to liven up some of the more tedious stretches with political controversy, random shots of Ahnold...
...This slim volume recounts Latin America’s last half-millennium, evaluating watershed moments with Vargas Llosa’s trademark enthusiasm for the free market. Concentrating on such ostensible reforms as the Mexican Revolution, economic nationalism, and the liberalizing policies of the 1990s, the book establishes that Latin America’s statist culture has stifled economic growth by limiting individual rights. Far from liberation, these “reforms” meant that “ownership changed hands while property rights remained in the hands of the government...