Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WHAT WE USED TO THINK It will send your blood pressure sky high. Always choose low-sodium foods, and don't touch the shaker...
...Queen declined to shed her coat and hat and politely refused a chocolate biscuit, McCarron pronounced the monarch "easy to talk to" and "very nice." The painstakingly staged 15-minute visit, a first for the Queen, was part of the royal family's ongoing effort to exhibit a common touch. After her refreshment, Her Highness witnessed a nearby soccer "display." No word on whether she did the wave...
...Dyeing your hair and caring about the way you look aren't sissy anymore," says Robert Bullock, 28, walking out of Denver's Urban Renewal after a touch-up. "I'm a high-maintenance kind of guy. It takes me a good 15 minutes in the morning. I even bought a hair dryer, and I never thought...
...feel of Cisco--jumped from 19 to 116 in five weeks after coming public on the back of this buzz. Redback, a high-speed broadband IPO with enough Cisco overlap to be cast as Junior, went from 23 to 163 in two months. But none of them can touch the run of Juniper Networks, a newly minted maker of next-generation routers. A direct competitor of Cisco's, it jumped from 34 to 162 in five days. Now we are talking certifiable Son of Cisco. Even I, skeptical of any parentage or resemblance plays, have bought a few thousand shares...
Iridium is falling to earth. The global satellite-telephone network that was supposed to let even jungle-trekking CEOs keep in touch has been bleeding money and racking up disappointments since its launch last fall. Now its investors are threatening to hang up. A day after Motorola, which owns an 18 percent stake, said that the company might have to declare bankruptcy unless its partners chip in more money, Lockheed Martin announced Thursday it wouldn?t be upping its 1 percent investment any time soon. Iridium will miss its next interest payment to bondholders, and its bankers have given...