Word: ties
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...orange varnish that Stradivarius used to anoint his violins. Along the way, we learn that NapolEon could have died of arsenic poisoning from green wallpaper then in vogue. We are also taught that bureaucratic red tape comes from ribbons dipped in a safflower-red dye that were used to tie bundles of legal documents in England, and that 19th-century painters favored an autumnal brown made from the remains of Egyptian mummies...
...attack in hardware and services, that still leaves IBM gunning for her other flank in higher-end corporate computer systems and services. IBM retained its market share in servers through this year's second quarter, while Compaq's share has eroded slightly, enabling IBM to pull to a tie in terms of global revenues, according to IDC. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano recently said the company would invest $10 billion to enable clients to purchase computing power "on demand," signaling to HP and other rivals that Big Blue is planning a war of attrition. With its $3.5 billion purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers...
...thought when it was 2-1, we had three or four real good opportunities to tie the game up,” RPI coach Dan Fridgen said. “You get a bounce here or there, and it’s a tie ball game...
...tie was not to be for RPI, however, as Crimson center Brett Nowak capped off a five-point weekend with a goal to put Harvard out of reach at 17:24 of the third...
...Harvard did nothing to help itself either when the Terriers gave the Crimson opportunities to tie the game...