Word: adaptions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...independent entity. Microsoft engineers have woven ever larger chunks of Explorer code into the fabric of the Windows operating system in the form of those .DLL files--miniprograms that link PC applications to the Net. The more intertwined Explorer and Windows become, the more fluidly Windows will adapt to the Web--which is why rivals are so eager to stop Microsoft from tying the two together...
...collection begins with a fragment from 1923 that is among the earliest known surviving symphony-broadcast recordings. At first its sound seems irritatingly thin and scratchy, but as the listener's ears adapt, the focus turns to Willem van Hoogstraten's white-hot, meticulously sculpted rendering of most of Beethoven's Coriolanus overture; the level of orchestral precision is breathtaking. Even more remarkable is Willem Mengelberg's spellbinding presentation in 1924 of two fragments from Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration. Mengelberg achieves an almost spiritual intimacy in the work's tender, meditative broodings and a radiant beauty...
...move itself was a little rough--mostly because we had to pack up about 75 years of accumulated junk," said then-president Walkowitz in a 1991 interview. "But we've managed to adapt pretty well since January...
...plastic body panels and a hybrid power train (a small diesel engine, batteries and electric motor) to get 70 m.p.g. Ford displayed a concept vehicle fabricated out of aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber that gets up to 63 m.p.g. and weighs 40% less than a Taurus. Ford promised to adapt its Windstar minivan, classified as a truck, to meet lower emissions by 1999. But while the Big Three talk about adding a salad bar to the auto buffet, they are busily cooking up the industry equivalent of pork sandwiches. "Look, we can make a car that runs on rubber bands...
...companies most willing to adapt to globalization are Japan's top manufacturing firms. In the past several years, Toyota, Sony, Honda and Matsushita have restructured their management, streamlined decision making and even instituted performance-tied pay incentives. Japan's globalization urge also looks strong among the baby boomers who are going into business for themselves. These 30-to-50-year-olds launched 50,000 new businesses last year, more than at any other time since World...