Word: towards
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...announced it was much more important than the actual number," says Schwartz. "They predicted a better performance for the next quarter," and that?s what investors will heed. Indeed, listen to Intel chief executive Craig Barrett: "Despite a difficult environment for the computing industry, Intel has made significant strides toward increased productivity.... We have cut costs, extended our product line, and are ahead of schedule in using new manufacturing processes. As a result, we have increased Intel?s competitiveness substantially...
...house will get done, Opie says. He's a humble man, but as you stand on his back deck with him and look across his acres toward the green rise of sweet gums and oaks in the distance, as you look beyond the flats and through the trees to a sliver of the lake, you can feel his pride. A pride that's there with that fire-hydrant job too. Opie will be on the road somewhere, come across a hydrant and have to get out of the car and go look...
...happened to be on the field at Yankee Stadium before game time when the players were warming up. Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly tossed a ball between them without a trace of effort, bodies rearing up and pivoting gently in a casual parody of a pitcher's full windup toward the plate. Every easy toss was delivered at a speed greater than a good high school fastball pitcher could generate. Thwack, thwack, thwack in the leather. And the silence between the men on the field. It was interesting to note that even at their level, this was still a game...
...China decides to take Taiwan by force, the U.S. will inevitably be involved. Taiwan does not want to become a U.S. responsibility, nor does it want to be sacrificed to the U.S.'s need to improve its relationship with China. Any step toward reunification with China should be decided by people in Taiwan, not by China or the U.S. HUI-CHING YU Lubbock, Texas...
TOKYO: Skeptics abounded when Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto signaled a move toward permanent tax cuts during a campaign speech on Friday. But you could forgive U.S. officials if they were feeling better after Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, in a joint news conference Saturday with U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright in Tokyo, described permanent tax cuts as a "promise" that Japan intended to keep...