Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Then wait. If they really are good, the herd will find them, usually after some event calls attention to what the crowd has been missing--like Gates writing a check to Comcast. That's the way Warren Buffett invests. Buffett--one of Gates' buddies, by the way--wouldn't touch most cable stocks because of the debt. But then he's never dabbled much in technology stocks because he finds them confusing. Gates, on the other hand, knows a thing or two about the information highway. He may not have Buffett's stock-market acumen. But Supergeek owns the market...
...Deion Sanders. Appreciate 'em if you got 'em: Evander Holyfield, Pete Sampras, Brett Favre, Jeff Gordon. Maybe Silver Charm lost by three-quarters of a length the other day because a Triple Crown would have been asking for too much in a time when almost every sport can touch gold...
...down to the fence, and strangers will sometimes ask me questions: "Where was the front door to the building?" or "Where was the truck parked?" Then I tell them who I am, and they share their deepest thoughts with me. That's a very positive thing--to touch and see and talk and visit. And to continue to tell the story of who my Julie-Marie...
...been only four months since she was sworn in, but already American diplomacy is feeling the Albright touch. Her interpreters spend more time sitting silently; during a Paris visit, she conducted her meeting with Foreign Minister Herve de Charette in French, one of five languages she speaks. Her speechwriters, chained for four years by Warren Christopher's stilted delivery, are now free to insert colorful one-liners into the text of public statements. Harried bodyguards make her wear a bulletproof vest at times. Albright's public diplomacy in risky spots overseas often makes them nervous...
...recently Martin snagged a $55 million account for Saab cars away from a New York City agency; Coca-Cola is another client. Billings are up 25%, to $355 million. Drawls Mike Hughes, the agency's soft-spoken creative director: "Maybe we're just more wide-eyed and in touch with Middle America right here in Richmond...