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• n  a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• n  a person who lacks good judgment
• n  a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
• v  deplete
• v  excavate the earth beneath

• One is that the chief of a tribe threw a tomahawk at a tree, sap ran out and his wife boiled venison in the liquid.
• Ever since botanists knew that sap was carried from the roots of a tall tree to the leaves at its top they have wondered what force was responsible for this transportation.
• But today the policies sap the strength of small- and medium-sized businesses, a major source of new jobs.

• fool
• saphead
• muggins
• tomfool
• blackjack
• cosh
• run down
• exhaust
• play out
• tire

News & Articles

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• Bill McDermott of SAP, on Knowing What You Want
  The co-chief executive of SAP, the software company, says employers “will make bold bets on people who have an unwavering passion for success.”
  June 15, 2013 - New York Times
• SAP wins key ruling in long-running patent battle with Versata
  SAP has received a ruling that sets a legal landmark in patent law and could also prove favorable to its defense in a long-running intellectual-property dispute with Versata.        
  June 13, 2013 - TechWorld
• SAP, Pfizer-Teva, FIFA, Agilent: Intellectual Property
  SAP AG (SAP) won a U.S. patent office ruling that could help it avoid paying a $345 million jury verdict over a way to customize pricing, in the first challenge under a new rule for reconsidering business methods patents.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
  On a day when others sought to sap our confidence, let us renew our common purpose,Obama said.
• Larry Ellison in International Herald Tribune
  SAP is still larger (in business applications), but we are gaining on them steadily and rapidly,Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison told analysts during a Tuesday conference call.
• Hasso Plattner in CNNMoney.com (press release)
  The new composition of the SAP Executive Board and management changes will support the leadership structure of the co-CEOs announced earlier in the week,said Hasso Plattner, chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board. "We regret that John...