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The most important thing about the IBM sell-off, though, was what it wasn't , namely an impetus for a more general sell-off in technology.
Downsizing and the increased outsourcing of design and construction services have provided the impetus for selecting methods other than the traditional designbidbuild contract method.
The ideological impetus behind judicial developments in the last two areas, campaign finance and equal-time provisions, is related less to speech, except as a kind of constitutional cover, than to a revival of the old "right to property"--that is, the Supreme Court tends to disapprove of legislative and administrative efforts to require broadcasters to carry "opposing viewpoints" on the grounds that since it's their property, owners of television stations should be able to broadcast what they like.
It’s still being debated whether 123 suffocated and 23 survived or “only” 43 died, leaving 21 survivors, but however many died, they were enough impetus for Clive to crush Siraj-ud-daula at the Battle of Plassey.
The impetus to settle comes because Paula Jones' appeal will be heard in mid-October; Jones views the Lewinsky revelations as a possible asset to her suit.