Word: developing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...room full of White House advisers, Karenna came up with the best line for Gore in his debate against Jack Kemp: "If you won't use any football stories," Gore said, "I won't tell any warm and humorous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement." This time around, she has helped develop lines like "The presidency is not an academic exercise," which Gore used to nail Bill Bradley in the primaries. She tweaks Gore's speeches and debate answers, always pushing him to speak plainly and with heart. One of her key contributions, says her mother, is that Karenna doesn't "soft...
...brand names most commonly associated with pornography on the Internet, an abuse of their trademarks; and 4% to 8% of the 7,000 websites selling Rolex watches, Montblanc products and Gucci items actually sold fakes. Now the company has branched out into e-business intelligence, helping clients develop online strategies like locating potential business partners. Last spring the firm got its third--and largest--round of venture funding, $24.5 million from ABS Capital Partners, and is rumored to be on the brink of an IPO. --By Melissa August
QUITTING TIME A five-year Japanese study has linked cigarette smoking to a risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Researchers found that the more and longer their 1,266 middle-aged male subjects smoked, the worse the effect. For example, men who smoked more than 31 cigarettes a day were four times as likely as nonsmokers to develop diabetes...
...military scrapped a $2 million plan last month to develop the world's first combat bra, because soldiers didn't want...
...have to clear out the tenants so that developers can develop the building," said Coop President Jeremiah P. Murphy...