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...limousine. No Fidelity tower looms over the Boston skyline. He walks to work. Like all true Yankees, he has a visceral hatred of waste. Beneath his gentility is a steely confidence tempered by years of business combat. He has learned to trust his instincts. He loves to tack against conventional wisdom, as he did when he pioneered check-writing privileges for money-market funds...
...course, deliver their own programming. Road Runner already offers its subscribers, among reams of Akron-related news and information, a catalog of brand names from the Time Warner entertainment cornucopia, including Time Inc. Magazines, TIME-LIFE Books and Warner Bros. Online. @Home takes a similar tack, signing up a rich roster of content partners and designing a user-friendly interface to guide users to them...
Christofferson noted that although 99 percent of the IOP-sponsored events are academic in nature, this year the IOP is trying a different tack with HYPE, hoping the carnival-like atmosphere of the event will appeal to all students on campus and perhaps draw their attention to the importance of politics...
Christofferson noted that although 99 percent of the IOP-sponsored events are academic in nature, this year the IOP is trying a different tack with HYPE, hoping the carnival-like atmosphere of the event will appeal to all students on campus and perhaps draw their attention to the importance of politics...
WASHINGTON, D.C. With little progress made towards resolving the status of Palestinians in Israel since Benjamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister, Yasser Arafat has decided to try a different tack. In a letter to the President Clinton released today, Arafat asked for the U.S. President's help in persuading Netanyahu to block further Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli plans to build more homes and settle more citizens in the West Bank and Gaza have created "an atmosphere of distrust and lack of confidence in the peace process, " wrote Arafat. Arafat also asked Clinton for his help...