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...whole range of fields are covered at theconference," she said. "If any individual schooldid it, it would be much more narrow...
...already decided to ignore the supposed China link and focus his investigation on one narrow point: Did the Loral waiver damage national security, and if so, how did it happen? He will sort through the contradictory advice Clinton was given--State Department in favor, Justice against--and look for signs that Loral lobbied behind the scenes. Before Clinton signed, the company bombarded the White House with calls and at least one letter, warning the Administration that delay would jeopardize Loral's contract. Schwartz says he never raised the issue with Clinton directly. The company's chief Washington lobbyist, Thomas...
...kind of control that Microsoft has been accused of exerting in the past -- and apparently continues to, for all its denials -- and its belated concession follows the company's pattern of giving up as little as possible as late as possible. But this apparent loosening gives only a narrow margin of leeway and actually invites scrutiny of other Redmond customs --and Gateway's too -- as other contractual restrictions close in to fill the vacuum: Gateway is making this option available only to subscribers to its Internet service, because so many other ISPs require their subscribers to use Microsoft's browser...
...were anxious--and anxious is the word--to show that they understood the bits of nightclub chivalry that Frank knew all about, like how to light a lady's cigarette. All the same, they wanted to cut loose, the way Sinatra wore his tie--undone, a sign of his narrow escape from a workaday world that could still seize them by the throat...
...early opposition to NATO bombing. Nearer home, he has little patience with the commander of NATO's Southern Forces, Admiral Leighton Smith, who opposed the bombing that Holbrooke believed to be indispensable to the start of a serious negotiating process. Later, NATO troops under Smith's command, reflecting his narrow view of IFOR responsibilities, simply looked on as the thugs of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic forcibly evicted the Serbs who wished to remain in Sarajevo and then burned their houses--a major setback to the creation of a multiethnic state in Bosnia...