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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will run these appliance makers through his corporate Cuisinart. Jobs will go; tears will flow. But that doesn't mean Dunlap's makeover is a farce. He has an ambitious growth strategy, which he appears determined to stick around to oversee. That's new stuff for Dunlap, 60, a churn-around pro who in the past has followed swift cost cuts with the well-timed sale of his company. The formula worked wonders for shareholders in 1994-95 at Scott Paper, where he cut the head count 35%. The stock tripled. The script was being rewritten at Sunbeam, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is That You, Al Dunlap? | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...Establishment" mirrors Sony's performance these days. Men in Black is just one of a string of hits this year that has enabled Sony Pictures (Columbia, TriStar) to fly past $1 billion in U.S. box-office sales in record time. In music, Sony's record division continues to churn out profits, even though the industry is downbeat. Sony's PlayStation game player has blown away Nintendo. And Sony still sells $23.28 billion worth of audio-video equipment. Its second quarter was a monster, with sales rising 20.6% to $13.6 billion and income rising 60% to $464 million, from the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW WORLD AT SONY | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

With the new gene in hand, the researchers should be able to churn out at will the protein for which it provides the genetic blueprint. That protein, they believe, is telomerase's most important building block. "For us," exults Calvin Harley, Geron's chief scientist, "it's like having access to an organism's brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE IMMORTALITY ENZYME | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...beach I walk is like most others. The waves churn up the sounds of eternity; the sand speaks of ephemera and decay. I see all the usual symbols and have all the usual reactions. According to Nevil Shute, we were destined to destroy ourselves and wind up On the Beach, and may yet. The possibility seems remote tonight. This is more like Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," on which the occurrence of an earth-jolting discovery awakens thoughts of self-examination, self-location, a touch of resolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARS: VISIT TO A SMALLER PLANET | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

Seniors also feel gratified when they churn out the final product...

Author: By Angela C. Walch, | Title: Seniors Ponder Thesis Agonies | 3/14/1997 | See Source »

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