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...think the egregious behavior [of tobacco companies]--that it went on for decades. I think people got angry. There is also a price that comes with that. My daughters understood what I did, and they're very proud. If my marriage had been strong enough, it might have withstood it too. But it didn...
Preston trailed 3-2 at the end of the first period as he withstood an early takedown and an illegal hold call. In the second period, he tied the match 3-3 with an escape before securing a 6-4 match victory—and three team points for the Crimson—in the final period...
...billion chunk of France Telecom, reducing the government's stake to under 50% for the first time; on Sept. 2 it was finished. Last month he moved to waive inheritance taxes on sums below €100,000 per estate, suspended a 3% corporate tax, and withstood stiff protests from unions to lay the groundwork for the partial privatization of Electricité de France. He also deplores France's 35-hour workweek, and says it must be changed to allow those who want to work more to do so. And consider the blatant interventionist. Sarkozy brokered the €2 billion state...
Seven seconds later and one more loss added to her record, Love—who had withstood trial after trial all game long, who had single-handedly kept her team tied with the No. 3 team in the nation for nearly three periods—stood with her stick by her side, her left arm resting atop the goal for support, utterly dejected...
...variant strand of the MyDoom virus targeted Microsoft yesterday, but the company said in a press release that its website withstood the attack...