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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must build and sell a color computer for under $300." When the investors balked, Tramiel pounded the table and said that if they did not produce such a machine, the Japanese would. The result of that Tramiel browbeating is Commodore's VIC 20 (list price: $299, but avail able for as little as $170), one of the most widely sold computers ever built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Maestros of the Micro | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...intelligence officials. The commission advised each man that he was "liable to be harmed" by the results of the inquiry and that he had 15 days in which to request permission to reappear before the commission to offer further testimony. Each recipient was also informed that he "may avail himself of legal counsel." In most cases, the "harm" the commission referred to was related to possible charges of "nonfulfillment of duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: A Word from the Wise | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...regulation time, the Eagles came right back. Less than a minute after Harvard had scored, and with only 2:12 left in the overtime. Murphy leapt on a rebound that had bounced off of Lahey and slipped the ball into the goal. Lahey argued to no avail that she had been unfairly tied up by Brooks. In the remaining minuted. Harvard had a few more opportunities, but could not convert, leaving the final score...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Booters Knot Eagles 4-4 in Overtime; Collision Forces Judge to Leave Game | 10/13/1982 | See Source »

...declared, Congress had violated the Constitution by granting the three-year extension of the deadline. Angry ERA supporters immediately appealed Callister's decision. They also launched a vigorous ERA Countdown campaign aimed at getting Oklahoma, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and Florida to pass the amendment, but to no avail. The last state to ratify the ERA was Indiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Killed Equal Rights? | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...effort to persuade the Argentines to budge on the thorny issue of Falklands sovereignty, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig sent Retired General Vernon Walters, a trusted troubleshooter, to Buenos Aires. Haig has also been urging other Latin American governments to intercede with Argentina, to little avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Teetering on the Brink | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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