Word: third
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commerce world has changed enormously since Seattle-based Amazon jumped out to its "first-mover" advantage. There are plenty of second, third and fourth movers to battle. They come in the form of category killers that overwhelm you with selection, expertise, price and service for a given class of goods. Adornis.com is bauble central for luxury items, for instance, and Petopia.com is one of dozens of sites that will shower you and your doggie with selection. On the other side are e-malls such as Buy.com and Shopnow.com Traditional retailers are making the transition...
...Clarke. Clarke wrote a very interesting book called 2001: A Space Odyssey, so we have to assume that he knows something about this subject. He recently issued a press release explaining, "Because the Western calendar starts with Year 1, and not Year 0, the 21st Century and the Third Millennium do not begin until January 1, 2001. Though some people have great difficulty in grasping this, there's a very simple analogy which should appeal to everyone. If the scale on your grocer's weighing machine began at 1 instead of 0, would you be happy when he claimed...
...Friday night's 1-1 tie with Dartmouth, Moore accounted for all of the Crimson's offense when he took a pass from senior wingman Scott Turco and buried the puck late in the third period...
Facing an early 1-0 deficit against the Huskies, Moore set up his younger brother Dominic with a pass across the crease for the team's first goal. Then, in the third period, Steve struck again by recovering a loose puck in the Northeastern end and notching an unassisted goal to give the Crimson a two-goal lead...
...want ESPN's greatest athlete of the century to be Muhammad Ali, followed by Jordan as a close second. Babe Ruth should be third and Jim Brown fourth. Those athletes have been announced as their final four. I would have maybe had Wayne Gretsky or Jesse Owens ahead of Brown, but hey, they're all great...