In fact, Gates' vision, which puts Microsoft at the center of the Internet's next phase, assumes the company will not be split up, and he gave no indication that Microsoft has an alternate plan of action should the government order the company's division.

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"Social media is past the fad phase, " said Nora Barnes, director of the center.

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"We finished the crisis and response phase, " Honore said from New Orleans' convention center, the site of so much misery in the aftermath of Katrina.

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The Liberty are entering their third and final season of playing home games at the Prudential Center here, while Madison Square Garden undergoes the last phase of its three summers of renovations.

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"This is exactly what you would want to see to justify going to a big phase III program, " says Steven Ferris, director of the NYU Langone Alzheimer's Disease Center and a paid adviser to Elan.

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