Word: vitalness
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...current dismantling is about failure. AT&T's business services and long-distance operations are suffering, reflected in the stock's 64% plunge since March. And two of the parts, initially anyway, won't enjoy the freedom so vital to effective spin-offs. The cable and consumer businesses will be tracking stocks. Their earnings will be reported separately, but managers must still compete for resources within...
...fallout from last week's hack attack on Microsoft just gets more embarrassing for BILL GATES & Co., especially given the part played by the company's software. The unidentified intruders were able to root around inside Microsoft's network for six weeks, steal passwords and sneak looks at the vital source code for future (not current) products, using a Trojan-horse virus called QAZ that's written in a Microsoft programming language (Visual C++). The pilfered passwords were sent to an e-mail address registered in St. Petersburg, Russia, through Hotmail--another Microsoft service. Even worse, Vincent Gullotto, head...
...make sense from a fiscal perspective, and more important, they make sense from a human perspective. And they represent a balance between the interests of those who have benefited greatly from this prosperity, and of those who have so far been left behind by it, despite playing an equally vital role in bringing it about...
...Philadelphia - where Gore has been told that a huge Democratic margin is vital to taking the state as a whole - Gore actually reminded a black congregation that way back when, "strict constructionist" meant Dred Scott and three-fifths of a person, and that of course he much preferred Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas. And that was after he reminded them that everyone has to choose between "good and evil...
...that's just a taste. All told, air time for campaign 2000 TV ads may have cost $1 billion. And as TV repeated the same presidential, single-issue, House, Senate and ballot-proposal ads hour after hour, it became nearly impossible to receive vital information on which fast-food chain has the Backstreet Boys promotion. Some pitch-drunk voters say this is a bad thing. I say this: Anyone who whines about being deluged with political ads is a crybaby who does not deserve to live in the greatest country on earth. Complaining about having a disproportionate voice in choosing...