Word: field
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...task ahead seems impossible given how the race ended, it is worth remembering how it began. Bush came to the field with less experience in public life than just about anyone in a century and proceeded to take in more money in his first four months of campaigning than anyone had ever raised in two years; he confronted a sitting Vice President with the wind at his back and maintained a nearly unbroken lead for more than a year, even though more people agreed with the other guy's positions. He took on the suicide wing of his party, which...
...only fast--she could outrun any boy in her neighborhood--but important. Watching Charles and Diana's wedding on TV, she asked her mother why no one ever rolled out red carpets for her. So naturally, before her first Olympics, she knew she'd win five track-and-field gold medals. Even a phenomenon's reach must exceed her sprint: Jones won three golds and two bronzes. Unfortunately, that was not the only weight she would have to wear around her neck in Sydney. After she won her first gold, devastating the field in the women's 100 m, came...
...often cited, perhaps too reductive, summary of Jack Welch's philosophy: If you're not No. 1 or 2 in your field, get out. Welch is still No. 1--after a tech slump slapped down Cisco, his General Electric is again the world's largest company--but he's getting out anyway. Kind of. He tapped a successor, Jeffrey Immelt, but postponed his planned April retirement to oversee GE's acquisition of Honeywell. His memoirs, planned for spring, earned a $7.1 million advance, which he plans to donate to charity. Welch, 65, turned staid GE into a dynamic, even...
...Acela train [BUSINESS, Dec. 4], I sadly noted continued ignorance about why America lags behind the rest of the world in developing high-speed trains. The explanation lies in Washington's lack of a balanced transportation policy. Europe and Japan place intercity rail on an even playing field with other transportation modes for federal assistance. Washington, however, treats Amtrak like a bastard child that receives billions in "subsidies" while aviation and highways receive blessed federal "investment." Amtrak needs the same financial commitment enjoyed by the airlines and highways. DONALD SHAW Bloomfield, Conn...
...what W. called "our most important neighbor to the north." What I want to argue seriously here is that we have evidence that W. Bush learns, he learns fast, and then he is Not Bad. He has a consistent pattern of searching out father figures as mentors in each field he's tried, and he's always selected good ones. In Texas he chose (or was chosen by; let's keep that open) lieutenant governor Bob Bullock, one of the shrewdest s.o.b.s who ever walked. Let's just say that if Bush had studied politics under Lyndon Johnson or Machiavelli...