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The growth of cell phone users in the US has tapered off from the breakneck pace of 50% annually in the late 1990s to what analysts project will be a 15% to 20% rise in 2002, and no more than that in 2003. To some extent, numerous surveys have found, slower growth in demand reflects consumer disillusionment with just about every aspect of cell-phone service--its reliability, quality, and notorious customer service.
The cooling off in demand threatens to cascade through the industry: The big six US cell-phone carriers--Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, AT＆T Wireless, Sprint PCS, Voice Stream, and Nextel Communications--are engaged in a fierce price war that imperils their timetables for becoming profitable, not to mention their efforts to whittle down their mountains of debt. As the carriers have begun to cut costs wireless equipment makers--companies such as Lucent, Nokia, and Ericsson have been left with a market that’s bound to be smaller
A. the price war will reverse the present situation.
B. the wireless equipment makers will try to improve the original networks.
C. the handset makers will produce new phones with high technology.
D. the Europeans are enthusiastic about the new advanced cell-phones.
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The growth of cell phone users in the US has tapered off from the breakneck pace of 50% annually in the late 1990s to what analysts project will be a 15% to 20% rise in 2002, and no more than that in 2003. To some extent, numerous surveys have found, slower growth in demand reflects consumer disillusionment with just about every aspect of cell-phone service--its reliability, quality, and notorious customer service.
The cooling off in demand threatens to cascade through the industry: The big six US cell-phone carriers--Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, AT＆T Wireless, Sprint PCS, Voice Stream, and Nextel Communications--are engaged in a fierce price war that imperils their timetables for becoming profitable, not to mention their efforts to whittle down their mountains of debt. As the carriers have begun to cut costs wireless equipment makers--companies such as Lucent, Nokia, and Ericsson have been left with a market that’s bound to be smaller
A. design new advanced cell-phones in attractive form.
B. reduce costs and improve the efficiency of networks.
C. offer the customers better services and satisfy their needs.
D. arrange the call centers to reduce the customer's waiting time.
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Let us ask what were the preparation and training Abraham Lincoln had for oratory whether political or forensic.
Born in rude and abject poverty, he never had any education, except what he gave himself, till he was approaching manhood. Not even books wherewith to inform and train his mind were within his reach. No school, no university, no legal faculty had any part in training his powers. When he .became a lawyer and a politician, the years most favourable to continuous study had already passed, and the opportunities he found for reading were very scanty. He knew but few authors in general literature, though he knew those few thoroughly. He taught himself a little mathematics, but he could read no language save his own, and had only the faintest acquaintance with European history or with any branch of philosophy.
The want of regular education was not made up for by the persons among whom his lot was cast. Until he was a grown man, he never m
A. was anti-social
B. learned little from his friends
C. had few friends
D. knew very few doctors
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The US dollar reached an all-time low against the euro yesterday for the fourth straight day, briefly pushing the European currency above ＄1.33 before recovering slightly, amid concerns about the twin US deficits and the lack of any central bank action to stop the dollar’s decline.
The dollar also dipped to a nearly five-year low against the yen, but later regained ground.
Yesterday, the euro rose to ＄1. 3329 in early trading before dipping back to ＄1. 3290 later in New York. The euro topped ＄1.32 for the first time the day before in European trading. US markets were closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The dollar also traded near its lowest levels since December 1999 against the Japanese yen yesterday, slipping to 102.56 yen, down from 102.81 late Wednesday in New York.
One reason the euro has kept rising is a lack of concerted action by central banks to support the dollar by selling holdings of the other major
A. the euro will stop at a high level all along.
B. there is no way for US to brake the falling of dollar.
C. ECB is very cautious in taking measures to intervene in the currency market.
D. US Federal Reserve would help ECB by showing positive economic data openly.
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After decades of exile from US courts, the science of lie detection is gaining new acceptance. But the federal government wants to put a stop to it, and the US Supreme Court has now agreed to consider a request from the Department of Justice to bar the technology from military courts.
Uncertainties surround the science of lie detection, which uses a device called polygraph. In 1991, President George Bush banned lie detector evidence in military courts. But that ban has since been overturned by the US Court of Military Appeals, which ruled that it restricts defendants’ rights to present evidence of their innocence.
In the past two years, some federal courts have also ruled ’that polygraph evidence can be heard. This follows a decision by the Supreme Court in 1993 that gave federal judges more discretion to decide on the admissibility of evidence.
A polygraph consists of monitors for pulse rate, sweating and breathing rate.
A. Because lie detection is surrounded by uncertainties
B. Because it restricts the defendants' rights to prove that they are innocent
C. Because 12 states also allow lie detection evidence to be heard in courts
D. Because federal judges from the Supreme Court make their decisions on the basis of lie detection evidence
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