Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Once that was over, it was Barksdale's turn. The browser boss was intended to be the DOJ's star witness; he was also prepared to rush in where the feds dare not tread by talking about possible remedies, should Microsoft be found to have transgressed antitrust law. The appropriate solution? Not suprisingly, Barksdale wants the court to forever split Windows from Internet Explorer, making the bundling of the two illegal. This is, however, little more than a pipe dream -- not only have antitrust judges been historically reluctant to tamper in product design, but the court of appeals ruled last...
...walk into each of Serra's Torqued Ellipses and contemplate its interior space. Serra got the idea from a Baroque church in Rome: Francesco Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, whose plan is a quatrefoil stretched to a near ellipse. Standing in it, Serra wondered, "What if I turn this form on itself?" But the closest architectural sibling of these new sculptures is the work of Serra's friend Frank Gehry, the designer of the spectacular Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, with its freely twisted and flowing curves sheathed in metal. To calculate the full-scale enlargements...
These days the average American reacts to the news reports of Monica Lewinsky and the release of grand jury evidence with a channel change. Confessions of President Clinton? Turn the page. I can't wait for the November elections. It will be great to be rid of many members of the current Congress, end this investigation and get the nation back to business. MARY FREEMAN Berkeley, Calif...
...judgment. Bill Clinton has not somehow won me over with lies and manipulation; I never thought his personal character was without blemish. What he has done is the job we chose him to do, and overall he's done it superbly. Despite what Krauthammer says, Clinton's victory may turn out to be less Pyrrhic than Pyrex--long-lasting and heat-proof. HILDA GRANT JONES Hallowell, Maine...
...YORK: With flu in their throats and butter on their fingers, the Padres are headed home to Qualcomm Stadium to try to turn this 1998 October Classic into something competitive. First up as savior: pitcher Sterling Hitchcock, who will get the ball Tuesday night against the Yankees' David Cone. Hitchcock has been brilliant in the postseason, but then again, so had the rest of his teammates -- until now. And as a Yankee castoff, Hitchcock doesn't exactly inspire fear...