Word: fielding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...pain on the battlefield was preceded by confusion in the corridors of power. Two days before the attacks, the Russian government declared a cease-fire for reasons it could not quite explain. Then the Kremlin announced that two top, hard-line field commanders in Chechnya were being replaced. Then they said the generals, Gennadi Troshev and Vladimir Shamanov, were not being replaced, just rotated back to their previous posts...
...only that, but because this was not a merger between two companies in the same field--cyberspace being something new under (or rather beyond) the sun--they foresaw no antitrust problems, even though the $165 billion takeover is the biggest in history. "This thing is instantly available everywhere...so it's my view that this is kind of a clean break with the past," said Levin. "I don't see a regulatory problem." He is undoubtedly right as a predictor of government (in)action. Which is to say the takeover will probably be the beneficiary of the Robert Bork-Chicago...
...voices but evidence of Betts' dedication to deft writing. And the opening section's Bazaar Report puts a journalistic spin on style by showing how runway fashions are worn in real life. While the new Bazaar differs markedly from the old one in content, it joins a crowded field of sources from television to the Internet to lifestyle magazines that offer women of all tax brackets style tips on makeup and clothing and peeks at celebrity wardrobes...
...City of Angels (CBS, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.), an urban-hospital drama with a mostly black cast, the powerful producer (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) has been portrayed like the man who brought Jackie Robinson to the majors: the beneficent white guy who ushered minority talent onto the playing field of TV drama...
...balance that we seek. Beyond acknowledging him for the implications of his famous equation E=mc2, one should credit Einstein with realizing there are peaceful uses of the atom for energy and medical-diagnostic, therapeutic, industrial and environmental applications. You have given those of us who work in this field hope that society will take a new look at what the atom has done for us and what it can do in the future. ANDREW C. KADAK, PRESIDENT American Nuclear Society La Grange Park...