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...most entertaining thing about Pirates is the fact that--pro forma statements about inaccuracies from both camps aside--the corporate soap-opera events it recounts went down largely as Burke presents them: Jobs really did launch Apple in his parents' garage; his team really did steal the Macintosh's revolutionary visual-desktop design from under Xerox's nose; Gates really did talk IBM into licensing an operating system that he didn't yet own to run the first PC; and Jobs really did trust Microsoft with the Mac prototype, never believing Gates would, at least in Jobs' view...
...hate to steal Ray Tellier's line from last year, but at least no one got killed," Murphy said. "We got beat up in the trenches. Last year, that was our strength...
...Half the Yale Bowl fell silent, and the other half was deafening. All eyes were on Hu, Harvard's all-time leading rusher who ran for 175 yards that day. With 29 seconds left, those eyes saw Hu scamper into the end zone to steal a victory and redeem a season...
...substituted Avinoam to fill the roster and complete a month of desert maneuvers, even though his brother was underage and not yet inducted into the army. As a general, Barak won a mock battle with another division by sending scouts to the rival camp the night before to steal their communications gear...
...lower rates have been a long time coming, given the powerful trends that have helped insurers to powerful profits. Start with safer cars: most vehicles now have air bags and anti-lock brakes. Autos are harder to steal too--newer models have security systems that disable the engine when you take the key out. Stiffened penalties have curbed drunk driving. And baby boomers have moved into the demographic sweet spot for cautious driving. Motorists ages 40 to 59 have a lower rate of traffic deaths than any other group...