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...holds that the scandal isn't what's illegal; the scandal is what's legal." The practices revealed at the Deaver trial not only taint former officials who peddle their connections but also raise questions about the ethics of corporate America. Besides, they are often wasteful: TWA could not withstand the Icahn takeover...
...Pontius Pilate, Steve Lyne adds depth to a one-dimensional Biblical character. He presents Pilate as a weak person who would like to save Jesus but doesn't have the strength of character to withstand pressure from the crowd...
...each -- as they were caught with immense inventories of stocks that they could not sell. For those behemoths, with more than $20 billion in total capital, the bloodletting was serious but not fatal. For at least half a dozen small brokerages, however, the selling pressure was too much to withstand. Some agreed to be swallowed by larger firms to avoid bankruptcy court. Predicted Edward Altman, professor of finance at New York University: "There will be more blood on the Street before this is all over...
Though the B-1B's engines are designed to withstand most "bird strikes," investigators suspect that large Canada geese may have caused the fatal fire...
...variety of electromagnetic radiation. "There is a great risk," says one Pentagon official, "in the increasing dependence of our whole military system on vulnerable space-based systems." Others, however, point out that satellites are protected by the vast distances in space and that they can be "hardened" to withstand various sorts of radiation and even physical contact...