Word: spotting
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Before this match-up, Clarkson occupied last place in the ECAC, while St. Lawrence shared the fifth spot with Rensselaer (13-6-1, 5-4-1 ECAC) and Dartmouth (4-7-4,3-2-3 ECAC). For Harvard, which entered the weekend in first place, the standings foretold a pair of relatively easy games...
...Russia has long opposed Washington's policy in the Gulf, its opposition hasn't been particularly forceful. But with a new strategic doctrine that explicitly views the U.S. as an adversary whose influence is to be curbed, Moscow may not be inclined to help Washington out of a tight spot. On the other hand, Russia can't afford to push too far. Says Dowell, "Russia and France are both aware that if they make the Security Council unworkable, they'll be left on the sidelines in international decision-making." And so goes the great diplomatic chess game...
...perhaps a more striking example of his social disability is the moment when Gore broke into song with Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, who had just endorsed him. In Gore's defense, Kennedy kind of put him on the spot. After a meeting with senior citizens at a housing complex in Portsmouth, N.H., Kennedy spontaneously grabbed the housing director (also an Irishman) and Gore and started in on When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...
...company in the world behind General Electric and Microsoft. Cisco has built dominant market share in a crucial high-technology industry--controlling 50% of the $21 billion business-network market, where it has obliterated once formidable rivals like 3Com, Cabletron and Bay Networks. "We definitely are in the sweet spot," says Chambers of Cisco's prospects. "The whole network business has become a home game for Cisco." Think of it this way: in a wired world where we are just learning to walk, Cisco has become the biggest, best shoemaker on the planet...
...Charles Van Doren defeated a C.C.N.Y. graduate student named Herb Stempel and became the reigning Twenty-One champion for 14 weeks, ultimately winning $129,000. Van Doren became so famous and popular that when he finally lost his title, NBC gave him a $50,000 annual contract and a spot on its Today show. For a while, at least, America fell in love with an egghead, until the country learned he had been coddled...