Word: dealing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Gore's campaign believes amping up the feisty message is the perfect way to close the deal with swing voters. It has polled Gore's "fight for you" phrasing against Bush's "uniter, not divider" theme and claims that people are savvy enough to know that Love and Happiness will never be a legislative anthem. "People see Washington as a place of powerful interests, where they need a President who takes their side and stands up and fights for them," says Tad Devine, a chief Gore strategist. He points as evidence to a St. Louis, Mo., debate-watching focus group...
...when Gore and Clinton adviser Dick Morris pushed Clinton to break with the Democrats and agree to a balanced budget. Gore then doubled back on Morris, who wanted Clinton to sign on to a budget bill that would have cut Medicare and other popular programs. Arguing against a deal, Gore predicted the government shutdown and convinced Clinton it would play into his hands. Gore, who wrote his college thesis on how the power of television gives the President an edge over Congress, even coached the President on exploiting the media. "Gore was the only one in the White House...
...Prime Minister's suite. The Prime Minister went into the bedroom. I and his personal assistant, Eldad Yaniv, took a couch each. Then we were called again to meet President Clinton at 4 a.m. Tuesday. For the first time, we learned that there was going to be a deal...
...actual printing engine is becoming more and more of a commodity," says Ross Waddell, vice president of purchasing at copy giant Kinko's, which, while still Xerox's largest commercial customer, has diversified its equipment base by signing a multimillion-dollar deal with IBM to manage a complex network of high-speed Heidelberger copiers...
...from a seller of boxes to a seller of services, a so-called solutions provider like IBM that would help bewildered companies manage their document flow. That is easier said than done. Apart from the challenge of taking on established powerhouses like IBM and EDS, Xerox has had to deal with a perception problem. "Xerox, as a brand, is so associated with copying that it's almost like Kleenex trying to sell paper towels," notes Charlie Corr, a group director at Cap Ventures. The difference is that people, and companies, will keep buying lots of tissues. But before long, there...