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...From the administration's standpoint, they timed the decision perfectly," said Samuel C. Cohen '00, co-chair of the Lowell House Committee and former vice president of the Undergraduate Council. "It's certainly not something people have been dropping everything to talk about...
...cusp of the same type of debate for cluster bombs," Arkin said. He acknowledged the complexity of the issue from a military standpoint and stressed that "if their use was restricted to appropriate targets, we probably wouldn't have the types of problems we have seen in Yugoslavia...
...Obviously from the resource standpoint we have to move carefully with a product people really enjoy, but other products are also in development that are consistent with the idea of food that's ready to eat anywhere and is healthy for you," he said...
...John McCain, who calls events such as this weekend's Iowa straw poll a sham, the whole thing doesn't matter. If you care a little or more, the big news is who finished third. From a strict cost-benefit standpoint, the best showing may have been that of Elizabeth Dole, who spent less than either top dog George W. Bush or runner-up Steve Forbes and captured a strong 3,410 votes (14.4 percent). While that respectable finish still didn't present a serious threat to George W., it did position her as a strong contender for the veep...
That said, from a purely business standpoint Fiorina was a logical choice to take over HP, coming off a remarkable run as president of the $20 billion Global Services division at Lucent. She was partly responsible for re-engineering Lucent into a technology highflyer from what was once Ma Bell's phonemaker. Lucent is now a leading global supplier of cell-phone networking gear and the digital-switching systems that are critical components of voice and data networks--you know, the Internet. She even helped design the red-swirl logo that marks Lucent as a leading-edge company...