Word: garnered
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This method of causing computer chaos has been used at least as far back as 1998, when the first software tools were developed to assist in DDoS assaults. But the attacks didn't garner much attention until 2000, when Amazon, eBay, Yahoo! and CNN were brought down in a single week by a Canadian teenager. They've been a scourge ever since and have even been employed in cyberwarfare. During the war between Russia and Georgia last year, hackers brought down several Georgian websites using a DDoS attack. And in the aftermath of Iran's tumultuous election in June, several...
Such an agreement would unlikely garner immense support in either wealthy countries or the developing world. Westerners would complain about government spending going towards another country’s economy; those in developing nations would complain about mandatory emissions cuts. The reality with any international treaty is that every side has to compromise. But this proposal would provide enough benefits to all parties that it is an idea well worth pursuing...
...legislation includes provisions for a public plan, but such an approach would be triggered only if the co-op plan doesn't prove to work in certain states or locales - a backup model based on President George W. Bush's Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. Many wonder if that will garner enough votes in the Senate, since it will most likely lose votes from both ends of the spectrum...
...Cutting back is never simple. It takes arts organizations years to build quality programming, garner prestige and assemble and cultivate talent. Firing a violinist or two can be a staggering loss to the team. "You're looking at tough sacrifices," says Jack Fishman of layoffs, a spokesperson for the San Antonio Symphony. Its operating budget suffered a five-year setback, from a $6.6 million budget to $5.1 million. The solution? The symphony's 72 musicians agreed to swallow...
...designed to "turn down the heat." Laser began her career in the pro-choice community and agreed four years ago to help Ryan craft a common-ground bill. She shouldered the task of patiently hearing out each group's concerns and turning them into a final product that could garner broad support without being uselessly watered down or split into two. When abortion-rights advocates, for example, objected to a provision to have abortion providers obtain what is called "informed consent" from patients (a requirement already mandated in all 50 states), Laser removed it. And she did the same when...