Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Microsoft, contends the appointment reveals the company's arrogance in the face of the investigation. "Steve Ballmer is the most aggressive of the Microsoft management team, and based on his appointment, I would infer that there is not going to be any change in Microsoft's aggressive stance toward the Justice Department," says Reback...
...through the doors, dressed in khakis and a hat, and tried to go around the metal detectors. Hold on a minute, Chestnut said, moving to stop him as he tried to barge through. Weston pulled out a revolver and shot him in the head, then ran down the hall toward the Crypt, the busy crossroads directly beneath the vast Capitol Rotunda. Tourists began screaming, "He's got a gun!" and dropped to the floor, grabbing children, rolling behind columns, trying to get smaller. Weston came to a door marked PRIVATE: DO NOT ENTER. It was the back door to House...
...private office. His plainclothes guard, Special Agent John Gibson, 42, was sitting near the rear entrance when the normal merry chaos of the afternoon was punctured by sharp explosions in the hall. Gibson knew it was gunfire and had his hand on his hip as he moved toward the door. A leadership staff member yelled "Everybody get down, get down!" and pushed people under the desks and into side offices...
...Certainly the slowdown, caused in great part by the GM strike, should spare the Fed any worries about inflation or having to raise interest rates. But with the July effects of the just-settled strike counting toward next quarter, experts are predicting more of the same for July-September. Is it time to start crying recession? Baumohl doubts it. "So many other indicators, such as consumer spending and new equipment purchasing, are still strong. There isn't much out there that's alarming." If a recession does come, it will come unannounced...
...Telecommunications Act, the Baby Bells have to give up their monopoly on the local markets -- and that hasn't happened yet, which is a major hurdle for this merger. But if it's approved, Bell Atlantic, armed with GTE's long-distance service, will have taken a step toward crossover hegemony not seen since pre-breakup AT&T -- and the resultant behemoth would be the nation's second largest phone company, behind its former parent. The FCC just wants to make sure that local giants such as Bell Atlantic provide access to competitors. Otherwise, some of the Baby Bells would...