Word: suited
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...long-distance game, the Bells have to demonstrate that their home markets are open to competition. How? By fulfilling 14 separate terms of compliance. So far, none has. When regulators rejected SBC's application to provide long-distance service in Oklahoma last month, the company filed a suit charging that the law unfairly discriminates against the Bells. "If the FCC would go ahead and let us into the long-distance business, that would stir competition [in local service] faster than anything," says Roger Flynt, a group president for BellSouth...
...groused more openly before assenting to a four-hour "internal" space walk in the frigid, airless and possibly contaminated lab. As one stands by, the other will enter with a flashlight to look for the right wires, moving gingerly in the tight quarters to avoid ripping his bulky space suit. Then they will reseal Spektr with a new hatch fitted with cable ports on either side to complete the electrical circuits to Mir. Foale, meanwhile, will be waiting in a Soyuz capsule, ready for the team's escape if an emergency occurs...
Standing in front of a dull blue curtain wearing a lifeless gray suit and a blue tie, the Guv looked like he belonged on local cable access TV. But Bill Weld doesn't care what he looks like. He's not running for Senate and he's certainly not running for president. Instead, the governor has the taste of margaritas in his mouth and is thinking only of escaping The Hub with his camera-shy wife...
They could have Siegfried and Roy swinging from vines, and it wouldn't change the take on Bryant Drive. Residents and three homeowner associations lost a lawsuit to block the takeover, which is now on appeal. In March the same group filed suit in federal court, alleging a civil rights violation. The state stands prepared to wield the power of eminent domain, a legal term meaning "we can do anything we want." But the Bryants and their neighbors--Gussie Ellis and her family of five, and Pierre Hollingsworth's family of three, which rents from a local minister--are digging...
...television." Arizona Republican John McCain, who has helped lead the charge for tighter ratings in Congress, said he expects NBC to accept the system by year's end. Maybe not. The Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have threatened to file suit over the ratings, citing infringement of free speech. Vice President Al Gore, whose wife Tipper Gore led the fight to rate commercial lyrics, is expected to announce the accord today at the White House...