Word: strengthening
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...word-processing software; Adobe and Aldus, both publishing software firms, are hooking up, as are Electronic Arts and Broderbund, makers of games and educational software. Such mergers, of course, are typical of the consolidation going on in the $7.3 billion computer- software industry, where companies are attempting to strengthen their competitive positions for the battles ahead. But even in this context, Gates' sweeping ambition stands out. "The leadership of Microsoft is the most aggressive in the industry," says Bill Bluestein of Forrester Research, which studies the computer industry. "They've been able to exploit their position as an operating-system...
...What we do is re-evaluate the student, and inparticular, his or her weaknesses. We think abouthow to strengthen the student's application and were-think the application process," Gelberman says...
...several attendants claim that Trifiro,whose background is in the military, has goneoverboard in attempting to strengthen security.They say she is running the museum's security unitas if it were a military establishment...
Director of the Civil Liberties Union ofHarvard Eric D. Miller '96 said admitting menwould strengthen RUS, not weaken its role as asupport for women...
...will probably dissipate fairly swiftly. But what will not go away and will, in the next several months, have far more significant consequences for U.S.-Russian relations is the disturbing question of whether Yeltsin's power base is slowly eroding. Despite a newly forged constitution that was supposed to strengthen his powers, the President seems to find himself circumscribed more narrowly with each passing week...