Word: analyst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sperber is neither a subtle reader of Murrow's prose nor, despite her Fulbright-scholar background in political science, a decisive analyst of his ideology. She does evoke the shy, moody, sometimes preening yet fiercely loyal man who inspired such admiration and affection. Still, this should not be the conclusive Murrow biography...
...these data, said Douglass, were passed to the Soviet Union by Ronald W. Pelton, 44, a former middle-level analyst for the super secret National Security Agency, which specializes in gathering electronic intelligence. Pelton's espionage trial opened last week in Baltimore's U.S. district court and is expected to conclude this week. Observers were amazed by the Government's willingness to discuss publicly the various means used by the U.S. to intercept and analyze Soviet communications, spy-craft capabilities that had never been openly acknowledged. Said James Bamford, who wrote the authoritative 1982 study of NSA (The Puzzle Palace...
...many parents, plain old dungarees will not do. At Annelise Plehn's Just So boutique in Washington, D.C., for example, some customers are willing to spend $483 for a pink silk taffeta party dress for eight-year-olds. Comments Stuart Robbins, a retail analyst with the Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette investment firm: "Children's apparel and accessories are now a fashion business, not the commodity business they were when the baby-boom generation was growing...
Selchow's value has fallen because Trivial Pursuit proved to be a fad. The manufacturer's annual sales of the game plunged from $400 million two years ago to roughly $50 million now, estimates Paul Valentine, a toy-industry analyst. In contrast, Coleco's Cabbage Patch annual sales rose 11% last year, to $600 million...
...children, dogs and females to make it appeal to other demographics." Though some are skeptical that Murdoch can enlist enough strong independent stations to become a full-scale competitor, industry observers are impressed so far. The signing of Rivers "reveals a couple of things," says Edward * Atorino, a media analyst for Smith Barney. "One, Mr. Murdoch is very serious. Two, he's got some resources to attract talent...