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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...library also offers a wide variety of languages. People tired of BASIC can try Microsoft Fortran or C. A Pascal compiler is also available. Database programs include Savvy, File Express and Perfect Filer, all of which are useful for keeping track of anything from mailing lists to record collections...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Library Lets You Try Before You Buy | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...ceremonial music and dancing, and the meal following it, are all spiritual offerings to Krishna. Because Krishna respects the sanctity of all life, the devotees are vegetarian. They live according to four basic restrictions, which prohibit intoxication, gambling and illicit sex as well as eating meat. Another requirement is chanting the Hare Krishna mantra sixteen times a day. A mantra, a Sanskrit word combining mind and feeling, is a combination of transcendental sounds which are intended to free the chanter's mind from anxiety...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

Rawlings is based in St. Louis, but the basic components of baseballs come from all over the world. Each component must satisfy quality control standards before the assembled ball enters the torture chamber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Have a Ball | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

When Nevin arrived at the company in late 1979 from the chairman's job at Zenith, Akron-based Firestone was reeling under more than $1 billion in debt and an image problem in its most basic business. The company had been forced to recall some 9 million of its 500-model steel-belted radial tires because of alleged widespread defects. Nevin's strategy was to return Firestone's focus to tiremaking by spinning off distracting subsidiaries. He sold eleven businesses that manufactured dozens of items, from seat belts to beer kegs. Such products now constitute only 9% of the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Companies: Two in Pursuit Of a Turnaround | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...that Carter was a one-termer. "You never change your style so dramatically overnight while you are on the job," declares Milt. "It unsettles people. It indicates a vacillating nature." Pitts' rule of political hairstyling: get it right the minute you become serious about running and stick with the basic style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Tips from a Tonsorial Tout | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

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