Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cast a broad net and bring in people whoare interested in public service but then we alsospecifically target minorities because thecommunities we serve are minority communities,"says Nerys C. Benfield '99, programming chair anddirector of the Dearborne After-School Program...
...summer of 1995, sources have told TIME, Willey was in the midst of a brief relationship with a British-born soccer coach whom she made the target of a bizarre ruse almost straight out of an Aaron Spelling production. In an interview with the FBI, Willey's former confidant Julie Steele has claimed that the onetime socialite told her lover, Shaun Docking, she was pregnant with his twins--even though Willey had told Steele she was not pregnant. Willey's motive? She wanted to get back at him for Fourth of July plans gone awry, Steele told...
...golf division around its $40 million swinger, Woods. He has his own brand, aimed at younger, more athletic golfers, and his togs carry his own logo, a swirling yin-yang emblem designed to reflect his Buddhist beliefs as well as his club speed. Another line, Nike Classic Golf, will target the country-club...
...World War II G.I. ever hated Spam canned meat as much as Netizens detest its contemporary namesake. Unsolicited junk E-mail now accounts for 10% of all Internet traffic and up to 30% of the 26 million daily messages on America Online. Because spammers are such a fast-moving target--using constantly changing bogus return addresses--their stuff is almost impossible to stamp out. But help is on the way. Sendmail Inc., makers of the most popular E-mail-routing software, says its new version has a built-in antispam tool kit that includes a virtually spamproof address verifier...
...Perot founded Electronic Data Systems Corp. Much of its early business was crunching financial data for agencies like the Social Security Administration. But with welfare reform, more work is opening up for private companies than ever before, setting off a welfare-management gold rush. "It's a huge revenue target for the private sector to go after," says Bernard Picchi, an analyst of growth stocks for Lehman Brothers, who estimates the potential market at more than $20 billion a year. Private firms have also been assigned the kind of front-line, person-to-person tasks they have...