Word: accountability
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...What happened? Bad weather in the Midwest and Southeast kept shoppers home; rising fuel prices kept their budgets tight. There was that whole presidential election thing. And as George W. Bush has been so studiously pointing out, we're in the middle of an economic slowdown. And shoppers, who account for two-thirds of the U.S. economy, know...
Harvey, whose three-point accuracy and slashing moves account for his 14.7 points a game, had shot only 6-for-15 against Dartmouth. For much of the game Harvey was visibly distraught, having committed 4 turnovers in addition to his poor shooting...
...that the Florida one, by relying in part on its interpretation of the state constitution rather than on its statutes, may have substituted its own judgment for the rules laid out by the legislature. It was not clear, the U.S. court said, that the Florida justices adequately took into account two federal laws that speak to that point: Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which authorizes state legislatures to determine the "manner" of selecting electors, and 3 U.S.C. Sec. 5, a federal statute governing controversies over the appointment of electors...
...entrepreneurial upstarts like SoBe, Nantucket Nectars, Fresh Samantha and Honest Tea that are making people thirsty. While the nonbubbly business is growing almost 10% a year--and bottled water is chugging along at a rapid, 30% clip--sodas have suddenly gone flat. Noncarbs, which generally command higher prices, now account for more than half of all industry growth, according to Sanford Bernstein & Co. No wonder, then, that every beverage maker is feverishly working to come up with cola alternatives that promise to be healthy, not just refreshing. Norm Snyder, COO of SoBe, says, "Before, the big boys were just watching...
...Browder was summoned to the Kremlin, where he helped negotiate a deal to ensure greater transparency in UES. "We got the state [which owns 53% of UES] to vote with us," he crows. In late October all sides struck a deal to tailor the UES charter to take into account minority shareholders' interests. "Chubais will stay," Browder says, "but we've made it impossible for management to strip assets...