Word: spotting
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Another factor in the competition is the competing allegiances of the DNC's top decision-makers. The general chair, Roy Romer, is a former Colorado governor, while the national chair, Massachusetts native Steven Grossman, harbors a soft spot for Boston. Grossman has termed himself an "objective cheerleader," who is rooting for Boston in his heart but looking at the process objectively, according to Wyche...
Davis won the final spot in the 1997 election with just 918 votes--nearly 450 votes less than the eighth-place finisher, Kenneth E. Reeves...
...example, is in at least six different industries at home and abroad, from finance to broadcasting (NBC) to medical equipment. And, with a little work, it is still possible to gain an edge on enough companies in other industries to properly diversify. Lynch says the average person can spot two or three opportunities a year just by keeping an eye open for a hot new product or a perpetually crowded new store. A few evenings' research into the firm's financials and competitors...
...Anchorage bid's executive vice president, said last week that he was approached twice by agents who asked up to $30,000 for a bloc of I.O.C. votes. "I was disappointed that the person was intimating that that went on," he said. "We dismissed it on the spot." Also resistant were officials from Toronto and Amsterdam, who reported similar shakedowns in the 1980s, as well as a Swedish hospitality hostess who alleged that she had been asked to have sex with an I.O.C. member--for the good of her country...
...when they persuaded Albanian guerrillas to free eight Serb army soldiers, but by the end of the week 45 ethnic Albanians were killed by Serb forces in the south. The White House fears the two sides will be in a full-scale war when the snows melt. "The hottest spot in the world this spring is going to be Kosovo," says a senior U.S. official...