Word: enough
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...over the coddled voters of New Hampshire, it was not enough to ride into town whistling Hail to the Chief, followed by an entourage that included nearly as many clean-cut men and women talking into their sleeves as you'd expect to see when the real President came to town. There were rope lines and security sweeps and hard-bodied guys with sunglasses and bulges from the holsters under their suit coats who kept the crowds at bay and glared at anyone who looked like a trouble-maker. Bush would shake hands and sign autographs endlessly after...
...wide comparable store sales in 1999 would be considered more than respectable. But it looks positively threadbare next to the firm's 17% increase in comp store sales in 1998. "We probably did lose our focus," concedes John Wilson, Gap Inc.'s chief operating officer. "We didn't have enough fashion, we weren't promoting a point of view, and it was confusing to customers...
...fairness, Gore had plenty of company, even among Democrats, in backing the gun lobby during the 1980s. "Back in those days everybody did," says Sarah Brady, wife of Ronald Reagan's wounded press secretary, who became outraged enough by the 1985 bill to join the cause of gun control. But there were a few exceptions. "In 18 years in the Senate, Bill Bradley never cast a single vote in support of gun owners," notes NRA spokesman Bill Powers...
...that strategy makes less sense at a time when people want to dress up, when they want more color, style and luxurious fabrics. On the fashion side, Gap stores were either slow to jump on seasonal raves like embellished jeans and Capri pants or they didn't have enough of them. Of-the-moment niche retailers such as J. Crew and Abercrombie & Fitch (see box) were grabbing the attention of younger shoppers...
...technology is surely cool, but last week's deal was also very much about money. The final price for the deal was nearly double what Vodafone had initially offered--a number big enough to seduce even the most recalcitrant Mannesmann shareholders. That, combined with a recent Internet deal between Vodafone and Vivendi, a French conglomerate, made Vodafone into a pan-European power that Mannesmann just couldn't resist...