Word: hammered
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...This would of course be AT&T's third go-round with de-glomeration - the government took the hammer to them in 1984, and the company spun off Lucent and shed NCR in 1996. (And the track record is a bit frightening: Lucent has gone from $79 to $22 inside of a year, issued three - three! - profit warnings and this weekend fired its CEO.) The idea is to keep the company nimble in a shifting-sands technological landscape by letting each division act on its own, pursuing its own innovations, deals and profitability...
...agreement didn't come easy. Representatives from Harvard Hillel's Interethnic Committee, Harvard Islamic Society (HIS), and the Society of Arab Students (SAS) have been working for over a week to hammer out a date and venue for bringing their members together to discuss their views on the Middle East controversy...
...Bush will probably take a more careful approach: The debates were a success for the Bush camp inasmuch as the governor didn't make any serious mistakes. There were no disastrous gaffes. And everyone involved in the campaign wants to keep it that way. Look for Bush to hammer away on smaller government, laissez-faire policies and personal accountability. The key for Bush? Avoiding unscripted moments: The Bush entourage will play these last weeks very close to the vest, answering only pre-approved questions and carefully controlling their candidate's exposure...
Rotberg said that he expects the U.S. to redouble its pressure on Palestinian and Israeli leaders to hammer out an agreement for peace...
...bottom line? Gore did much better this time out. I bet the snap polls show him winning. But it wasn't quite what he needed, I think. He needs to take the last three weeks and hammer home the prosperity and make the message: Don't go back. For Bush? Keep doing what you're doing. People think you're a moderate, centrist leader and a decent guy. That's a winning combination...