Word: dealing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...network executives up to Capitol Hill and giving them a stern talking-to; through the democratized medium of the Internet, content can be distributed worldwide after it has been reviewed by only one moderator in a newsgroup--or even no one at all. ("The horror! The horror!") To deal with this new development, our irrational fear of the Internet--and our irrational faith in the power of a technological quick fix--must both be discarded. When faced with such a powerful medium, society simply can't afford to let computers make all the decisions. Instead, we'll have...
...Later, in response to a question about military deployment, you remarked, "I think the mission has somewhat become fuzzy." That's nice to know, George. That is the type of specificity that I am looking for in a president. Finally, when a lady asked about how you would deal with diversity, you said, "Quotas tend to pit one group of people against another. Quotas are bad for America." The Subway Series in New York has pitted Mets fans against Yankee fans. Is the Subway Series bad for America...
...last two weeks of this race look to be a microcosm of the summer. Bush grabs lead, for reasons that still baffle - Freshness? Likeability? Conservatism? - Gore chugs back on the issues but seems, for a good-times incumbent, to have a curious problem closing the deal. And though the polls are the prevailing wind, the campaign will be won in swing-state bunkers. You want a game of inches? The death of Mel Carnahan in Missouri may have won it for Bush already...
...last of the four big banks to be privatized, Commercial Bank (KB), police are investigating 11 former employees, including board members, on suspicion of mismanagement of assets in a deal that cost the bank $200 million. Criminal charges are being considered in another case that cost the bank more than $60 million. Radovan Vavra, KB's new chairman, is diplomatic about the old management. "There were a number of very good, educated but naive people who didn't know what modern banking is about," he says. But taxpayers who are paying the price are unlikely to be as understanding...
...always said in the past that it was important to make a final peace deal while Arafat was still alive because only he had the credibility among the Palestinians to make the necessary concessions...