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    Jan 14, 2008 1:57 AM 0
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    Google's fate — the 100-word version

    "Google's Search Party," Ken Auletta's 6,264-word opus on the search engine's grudging embrace of D.C. lobbying, has proved tough to condense. Until I reread it again this weekend, and realized it can be boiled down to the final observation made by CEO Eric Schmidt:

    What kills a company is not competition but arrogance. We control our fate.
    Control fate, or tempt it? Google, improbably, is managing to do both.


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