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Harvard's next possession ended after a fumbled snap in which it seemed that Rose pulled out of his stance a split-second too soon...
...quarterback, for his part, pitches the ball to the running back just before he gets flattened. All of this happens in the split second after the ball is snapped...
...more focused, a forced march to a conclusion. And sometimes Gore's conclusion is an idea that wasn't on the table in the first place: after spending more than a year studying the arms race as a young Congressman in the 1980s, Gore latched onto a proposal that split the difference between the cold warriors and the nuclear-disarmament camp, a single-warhead missile dubbed the Midgetman. Gore's plan helped produce a compromise that united Ronald Reagan with moderate Democrats on reviving the MX missile...
...brass tried to keep things upbeat at last week's press conference--called to announce that one of America's oldest and most revered institutions was splitting into four companies. AT&T CEO Michael Armstrong told a roomful of reporters that his own aunt could still sleep easily putting her money in Ma Bell and living off the dividends. Lower-level Bellheads even joked about the career opportunities the split would create. "You always wanted to run your own company," one quipped to another. "Now you're going to get the chance...
...smaller, nimbler companies will be more profitable independently. "With their own resources and asset-based stock they can shape their own destiny and future," says Armstrong. But the plan also reflects AT&T's frustration that investors have been so focused on its evaporating long-distance business. The split is designed to force Wall Street to pay more attention to faster-growing parts of the company...