Schmidt is facing Bill Gates, a master of the game, and he is responding to the NetWare 5 threat with a classic defense.

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And now Clinton's choice is Bill Daley, a master politico.

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He is a sensitive partner in duos (with guitarist Bill Frisell and kora master Foday Musa Suso, among others) and within collectives (he first recorded "Oneness" in 1995, with guitarist John Abercrombie and bassist Dave Holland, in the leaderless Gateway Trio).

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The bill the President signed was named after Janey Ensminger, the Master Sargeant's daughter who passed away from leukemia at age nine.

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Jennifer Edstrom is the daughter of Pam Edstrom, the woman who has honed Bill Gates's image as geek overlord since the company's earliest days and was responsible for master-minding the extraordinary marketing hype surrounding the launch of Windows 95.

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