Word: stillings
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...unlikely that there'll be a reduction in capital expenditure on technology once the Y2K problem has passed - companies are more likely to maintain that investment in order to stay ahead. There may be a shakeout in the NASDAQ in the coming months, but it will probably still outperform the DOW and S&P again next year, and in the foreseeable future...
...There are, of course, other potential perpetrators. Police are still looking for other Ressam accomplices who may be at large in the U.S. or Canada; and they have no leads as yet in the large thefts of explosives over the past week in Flagstaff, Arizona and Fresno, California. But rather than simply taking precautions and waiting for the bad guys to make their move, the authorities are taking the offensive. And that forces at least some of the terrorists to play defense...
Score one for the bad guys. While U.S. authorities still hold that they have no credible reason to believe there'll be any New Year's terrorist catastrophes, cities are scaling back on their Y2K celebrations just in case. "This is already an unprecedented, unpredictable New Year's and we did not want to take chances with public safety," said Seattle mayor Paul Schell, announcing that the city has canceled a huge celebration planned for the area surrounding the Space Needle. The Y2K threat has also put a damper on a half-day celebration planned in Philadelphia, in which citizens...
BILL CLINTON Survives impeachment, wins (sorta) in Kosovo, still (pretty) popular. You the (Alpha...
...Still need a reason to quit smoking? Try this: puffing away quadruples the risk that you may suddenly suffer shortness of breath, heart palpitations and overwhelming feelings of anxiety--in short, a panic attack. What's the link? Lungs of smokers tend to be overstressed, which may make smokers more vulnerable to attacks. Kick the habit, and the increased risk vanishes...