Word: arrays
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...employees in 1948 by an inventive garage mechanic, Soichiro Honda (now 79 and retired), the company took only twelve years to claim the title of the world's leading motorcycle and motor- scooter maker. Honda introduced its first car in the Japanese market in 1963, and now manufactures an array of products that range from outboard motors to snowblowers and lawn mowers. Its profits zoomed to a record $532 million in 1985, up 32% from the previous year, on sales of nearly $10.8 billion...
Even if such charges are not--or were not--valid, none among the interplanetary array of alums and luminaries who will gather in Quincentenary Theater should leave thinking that Harvard Yard is some verdant oasis of veritas. There is something important to be learned from this week's gala affair, especially as it comes on the heels of the even larger Statue of Liberty 250th birthday celebration...
...They cover a vast array of human knowlege. I'm planning to go to as many as I can," says Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy George B. Field. "They're an education in themselves." Field will also lead a seminar entitled "The Universe: The Beginning, Now and Henceforth...
...University is using the symposia "to say to its family 'here's what the present understanding is in a wide array of subjects,'" says Gamble Professor of Population Sciences David E. Bell who will lead the symposium entitled "Population Change in Today's World." Bell comments about his seminar, "We're not attempting to impress the scholars of the world or indicate what the reseach frontiers...
When it comes to alcoholic beverages, U.S. consumers have developed a taste for sweetness and light, and the liquor, wine and beer industries (total 1985 sales: more than $50 billion) are scrambling to satisfy them. The result: a head-spinning array of exotic mixtures, handy packaging and zingy promotion that is challenging many old loyalties. "We are embarking on a flavor explosion in the alcoholic-beverage industry," says Paul Connors, co-founder of a Massachusetts-based beverage-marketing firm called Locon...