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...defend the analysts. Basing a buy recommendation on the number of website hits is unconscionable, as is forecasting breakneck growth for every company in an industry with no history. Most appalling are those glowing research reports on companies a brokerage has recently taken public or hopes to woo business from in the future...
According to First Class Marshal Amma Y. "Yo' Mama" Ghartey-Tagoe '01, the list is intentionally ambitious in an effort to woo a speaker that will inspire the graduating class...
...trade and possibly even campaign-finance reform. "The center is much stronger," enthuses Senator John Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana. "I love operating in a 50-50 vacuum!" He's excited because it takes 60 votes in his chamber to end debate on a bill; either side will have to woo the 10-plus extra votes from the opposition's moderate ranks. The House isn't quite so close, but the theory still applies: with a lead of just 10 or so seats out of 435 (a couple of House races remain too close to call), Republicans will at least have...
...came out swinging. And though revenue would have to be shared, "it was [easy] to see the ancillary opportunities," says Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider. When the studio's pitch by Grazer and director Gary Ross ("Pleasantville") didn't fly, Grazer's producing partner, Ron Howard, was recruited to woo the widow...
...bottom line: There are plenty of votes up for grabs out there. And if Gore wants to pick up a few extra ballots, he's got to walk the straight and narrow, studiously avoiding charges of exaggeration. He needs to woo the 5 percent of Americans who plan to vote for Ralph Nader - a 5 percent that could definitively tip the election Gore's way. Heading into the homestretch, the vice president can also take a calculated risk: He can capitalize on Bush's misstatements regarding bills on hate crimes and health care in Texas, as long...