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...handling of the Microsoft case will inevitably have to be passed on to a new administration--a fact that may jeopardize the progress made in the case thus far. Under new leadership, the Justice Department could potentially sacrifice the government's strategic bargaining advantage in the name of a swifter, if more lenient, settlement with Microsoft, or even go so far as to drop out of the case entirely. Although the states that are parties to the suit would likely continue to fight, such actions would greatly reduce the monetary resources and manpower available to the prosecution. The new administration...
...wish Gyorffy the best of luck in her Olympic trials. May she be swifter, higher and stronger in her quest for the pinnacle of Olympic glory...
...Levin's company had remained inextricably mired in its own past, a dinosaur lurching its way through a world that would soon belong to swifter creatures, almost pathetically unable--like all the major media companies--to make the Great Leap Forward into the new Internet economy. The company's stock price had plateaued in a year in which Net stocks soared, and there was little excitement about the plans being developed in its recently hatched digital division, despite projected outlays this year of $500 million. "We had a big uphill job as a corporation" to catch up with the established...
...steady drop in cost and rise of swifter, sleeker products are pushing another trend as well: the expanding corps of small businesses that can act bigger than their size by going online. With quick 56K modems and low-cost servers, lots of businesses see the Web as an opportunity that has arrived...
...following pages, we will take a look back at the history of the Games, visit their newest host, provide a guide through the maze of events, profile six athletes who embody the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger), and, in a series of photographs, show the timeless quality of the Olympics. But for now, Let the Games begin...