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Dates: during 2000-2009
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What's astonishing about this stat is how effortlessly Google seems to have earned the public's affection. Other companies - Microsoft, Coke, IBM, McDonald's - spend enormous sums to stay in the consciousness. Google, which makes most of its money from ads, rarely advertises itself. Telling the world how well it does what it does just isn't Google's way. (See pictures of work and life at Google...
...with highly regular, mandatory problem sets or papers that are labor-intensive and graded carefully are going to be hard to get through with only 20 percent effort. If the class’ name is whispered in hushed tones by those who have survived it, like “Stat 110” or “English 10a” or “Orgo,” there is probably no easy way out. You’ll just have to suck it up and put in 80 to 100 percent. Also, some classes shouldn?...
...Dropping only 26% from its first weekend, The Hangover hit the $100 million mark in domestic gross in only eight days, out-sprinting last year's Sex and the City by a day. What happens in Vegas, apparently, goes everywhere fast. And here's one more stat that should tickle the bosses at Warner Bros.: The Hangover's budget was about $35 million - less than a fifth of the Pixar film...
...last 18 months," says Wendy Liebmann, CEO of WSL Strategic Retail. "There's not much more they can do. They've figured that it's not the end of the world here, and there are places where you can open up your wallets." She points to another stat: 1 in 4 of the shoppers WSL surveyed said they were "tired of watching every little penny and are ready to break out a little." The top categories they desire: a vacation, a night out and clothes for spring and summer. Remember all that cocooning everyone talked about a few months...
...will step into senior Chris Pizzotti’s shoes as starting quarterback? Sophomores Collier Winters and Matt Simpson saw most of the playing time, with Winters helming the first unit’s offense and Simpson working primarily with the second unit. Winters came away with the better stat line, completing 21-of-40 attempts for 201 yards and a touchdown. He also took the ball himself on several carries, including a 12-yard run for a touchdown late in the first half. Simpson finished 9-of-22 with 74 yards and a touchdown, coming on a pass...