Word: swifts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mike Allen/Roberto Suro hears Bush issue "a strong indictment today of the Clinton administration's military policy, warning of its 'long neglect' of soldiers and 'a military in decline' - an assessment that drew an unusually swift and pointed response from the secretary of defense." This is one touchy bunch of lame ducks...
...MicroStrategy, the multibillion-dollar database powerhouse he founded in 1989 to help companies manage their storehouses of computerized information. Last March Saylor, as CEO, admitted that his company had unintentionally misstated its earnings several years in a row and had actually lost money. Wall Street's reaction was swift: the stock dropped from a high of $313 to a low of $17.93 in a matter of days. But now Saylor is bounding back. In June MicroStrategy rolled out what could prove to be a hot new product that does more advanced data crunching. The stock has significantly increased from...
...said the state is also working to improve its own education system. According to Swift, Massachusetts has increased public education spending to over $4 billion...
...Swift said the state is also creating higher standards for students through standardized tests such as the MCAS, which all public school students must pass to graduate...
...expect students to show a level of skill in English and math to graduate," Swift said. "We're creating high stakes and high expectations...