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...core businesses have been in an accelerating decline. In 1984 a federal antitrust ruling forced AT&T to spin off its lucrative local phone operations, now the Baby Bells. More recently, stiff competition from WorldCom, Sprint, the Baby Bells and wireless has been driving the profit out of the long-distance business--which still accounts for as much as 65% of AT&T's more than $62 billion in revenue. Ma Bell, which had been charging 15[cents] a minute for calls, suddenly found itself competing with rates as low as 4[cents] a minute. In this year's third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ma Bell Calls It Splits | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

Both teams' game plans were dictated by the weather. A cold, stiff 15 m.p.h. wind blowing straight down the field wreaked havoc on both teams' passing attacks. Rose's first two passes of the game sailed high and well in front of intended receiver Nwokocha, who was standing at the line of scrimmage...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Plows Big Green | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...time we arrived back in the U.S., the Yankees were on the verge of winning the World Series. But after seeing Kim's weird spectacles and downtrodden society, one hopes the U.S. has something pretty stiff in the bag by way of continuing deterrent. Because when it comes to control, this guy has the Yankees beat hands down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange World of N. Korea's 'Great Leader' | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

Riddell's road to the finals began with a victory over Brown's Jonathon Argo. In the next round, Riddell faced a stiff challenge from Scott Carleton of Yale. Riddell finally pull...

Author: By Nicolas O. Jimenez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Splits Squad, Still Succeeds | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...allegiance that forces me to adopt a team every October. And out of some convoluted sense of loyalty I root pretty consistently for the National League (except for the Atlanta Braves, a team that I despise for obvious reasons). Sometimes, this fidelity to the NL comes with a stiff price: I remember how shocked and disappointed friends and family were when I pulled for the Mets in their 1986 battle against the beleaguered Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York, New York: The Subway Series | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

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