Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussed options short of a total split, but Cray kept pressing. "It's almost like he forced me to turn the page," says Rollwagen. "He said, 'Isn't there ((an option)) that would be even cleaner? Let's get on to that one.' It just became very clear to the two of us that this was the right thing...
...able to raise all the money it needs. As John Sell, president of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center, puts it, "Seymour is magic in this business." Whether Cray Research can flourish without its founding genius remains to be seen. Analysts say that within three to five years it should be clear whether the company has wisely cut its losses or created a killer competitor by trading away its most valuable asset...
...shook their fists. Any attempt to disperse the crowds and end the demonstrations would seem to require massive firepower. The protesters waited, one minute hoping that Deng would come to his senses and call off the troops, the next minute dreading that the command might be issued to clear the streets no matter how much blood would be spilled...
...revolutionary. No major power in the postwar period has ever been so rudely shaken -- rocked, in fact, to its foundation -- by the dissent of its populace. Still, on the faces of the hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square and of their millions of supporters around the country, the message was clear: China had crossed a threshold into a new era, where the future was entirely and terrifyingly up for grabs...
...clear that there had been a flurry of proposals and counterproposals between Wright's representatives and the ethics panel on Wednesday. Those efforts fell short of agreement, but some Wright allies still held out hope that a negotiated settlement could be achieved...