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In historical context, such a breakup would not be surprising.
That metaphor suggests that such a breakup would make things worse, with two robber barons instead of one levying tolls on those who pass by.
It's uncertain whether such a breakup would have been feasible, but, if there was a time for the Treasury Department to consider it, here it was.
But it was not until last June, during a speech before the financial industry, that he first suggested that only through such a breakup could bankers reclaim public trust.
In so doing he in effect dismissed concerns about the economic impact of such a breakup, and accepted the claim by Justice that splitting up Microsoft would accelerate innovation.
The officials said such a breakup could result from a catastrophic mechanical failure or a midair explosion -- which, if true, could lead investigators back to a theory that terrorists were behind the crash.
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Researchers at the University of Vermont came to their conclusion by studying the manner in which 180 college students recounted a painful event, such as a breakup, alongside the results of a survey into parental control over their lives.
Xiaoice remembers details from previous exchanges, such as a breakup, and asks in later conversations how that user is feeling.
Such a cometary breakup has never been seen in such detail before now.
After all, the major objections to such a "vertical" breakup of Windows apply with even greater force to Justice's actual proposal.
That is the part of his ruling that has been overturned -- and with good reason: standard economic analysis suggests that while such a "vertical" breakup of Microsoft would increase competition, it would do so at considerable cost to consumers.
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