Unless we arrest the wasting decline of our public schools America is destined to be an also-ran in the emerging digital economy.

286

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

263

[He said a Wall Street Journal article in April 1999 that questioned his military and educational background had nothing to do with his leaving. IBM executives] never brought it up, ... last week's fish wrapper.

224

That's where the semiconductor industry is moving today, ... It really is becoming a very different industry than just a few years ago.

199

Y2K continued to hurt us, but that's over now, ... We're putting it behind us and we are getting our businesses back on track.

159

Over the past 12 month we have made a series of strategic decisions that have affected short term revenue, but will yield and are already yielding a more profitable portfolio.

145

Chapter One (of the Internet) was about e-commerce and e-business. Chapter Two moves us to 'Do it for me'.

134