Word: analyst
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...needed help, and in a hurry. But a Soviet military intelligence analyst who wanted to defect to the West recently was almost not allowed to. When this official approached the gates of the U.S. embassy in Tunis, he attempted to make himself understood to the Marine guard. The befuddled guard pointed toward the visa section. The official dutifully took his place at the end of a lengthy queue of Tunisians submitting their visa applications. Soon, he became jumpy; the KGB might already be on his tail. He approached the officer in charge, who promptly ushered the upstart back...
Both Democrats and Republicans are jealously eyeing the votes of baby boomers, who do not, as a rule, share all the values or the goals of the religious right. "The key word for 1988 is tolerance," insists Republican Strategist Roger Stone. A fellow analyst of baby-boom voters, George Bush's strategist Lee Atwater says that whoever succeeds Reagan will have to emulate him: "Reagan won the baby-boom vote in 1984 because he projected tolerance. They did not think that Reagan would impose his personal views on them. A Republican can afford to be more conservative on social issues...
...lack the service and repair guarantees that higher-priced units offer. In the past 18 months or so, many former customers of IBM have decided that they do not need to buy high-priced machines when more affordable compatibles or clones will suffice. Says Michael Geran, a computer-industry analyst for E.F. Hutton: "The IBM label has lost some of its magic. The three initials I, B, M, no longer justify the price differential...
...lost 25 seats in the lower house, bringing their total down to 86. The moderate Democratic Socialists did not fare much better, dropping sharply, from 37 seats to 26. The centrist, Buddhist-oriented Clean Government Party did slightly better, losing only two of its 59 seats. Commented Tokyo Political Analyst Takayoshi Miyagawa: "It is more accurate to say that the opposition parties were badly beat up rather than that the L.D.P...
What was more striking about last week's dive was the extent to which investors now live routinely with the roller-coaster dips of the longest bull market since the 1920s. Stock-market analysts were quick to point out that the early-week drop was equivalent to only 4.2% of the Dow's value, in contrast to the record loss of nearly 13% on Oct. 28, 1929. Moreover, last Monday was the fifth notably dismal day of the year, even as the Dow has climbed about 350 points since Jan. 1. The others: Jan. 8, a 39-point loss; March...