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...Roger Clemens' year. The Boston righthander from Texas probably had one of the greatest single seasons for a pitcher in the history of baseball. It's no surprise that he grabbed both the Cy Young and MVP awards. He was probably the biggest reason why the Bosox won their first American League championship since 1975. Yet, although Clemens dominated the 1986 seasons, he did not lead all major pitching categories amongst starters in the American League. In which category did Clemens not place first...
...valuable role as an employer of the marginal members of the work force: ghetto youths, undergrads working their way through college, displaced homemakers and retired people. What makes McDonald's attractive for those employees are the highly flexible work hours and on-the-job training. McDonald's is the biggest trainer of workers in the U.S., having employed at one time or another an estimated 7% of all current U.S. workers, or about 8 million people. For job seekers with almost nothing to put on their resume, a stint at McDonald's counts for something. "People who have worked...
...different countries ranging from Nicaragua to the Netherlands. Today the golden arches grace some of Europe's most expensive real estate: next to Westminster Cathedral in London, on the corner of the Boulevards St. Michel and St. Germain in Paris, and opposite Parliament in the Hague. The biggest Mac branch of all, with 575 restaurants, is in Japan, where the company is known as Makudonarudo, or Makku-san for short...
...Beach last week for a Beach Boys concert, the premiere of new print and TV commercials reuniting members of the M*A*S*H cast and, most important, an elaborate presentation beamed live to 20,000 customers, analysts, employees and reporters nationwide. Before the spectacle ended, the world's biggest computer company had set a new standard against which personal computers will be measured for years to come...
...that has brought such success to the Apple Macintosh. Though the basic PS/2 is already being shipped and the higher-priced models will go on sale later this year, the new software will not be available before next year, a delay that gives breathing space to Apple, IBM's biggest competitor. Apple's computers already offer many of the features, including an advanced graphics capability, that will not be available on the PS/2 until 1988. In the hours following IBM's announcement, Apple's stock rose 5 points. Nonetheless, IBM proved last week that it can still set the agenda...