Expect a merger with another major internet entity over the next 18 months.

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Even so, the merger of these two firms through joint bankruptcy proceedings gives the combined entity a major head start towards achieving these goals.

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Single-owner leagues have their precedents: Major League Soccer is owned by one entity, as was the old American Basketball League.

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Investigators see it as part of a long-running pattern by a foreign entity to compromise the security of major U.S. companies, people familiar with the matter said.

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Those very major carriers are fine with the new designated entity rules, which make it harder for large carriers to use small organisations to nab spectrum for them, and want to go ahead with the auction as soon as possible.

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Then there's America's postwar migration to the West Coast, which ultimately led to the demise of baseball's Pacific Coast League, then an independent entity some 2, 000 miles from the nearest major league city.

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McCaw maintains that the newly merged entity, to be known as ICO-Teledesic Global, will be a major global satellite phone company, though the firm will not roll out service until at least 2003.

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"A Certain Major Vinylsky" is a perfect example of the mesmerizing qualities of the kalimba both as a separate entity and when combined with Barrett's rich and haunting vocals, and "The Sharper Side" exposes a darkly theatrical and carnivalesque slant.

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