Word: concepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concept of "party" at Harvard evokes certain images: a small, out-of-the-way room party--harmless because of its spontaneity; mixers on a cabinet next to a Mac; a little U2, Suzanne Vega, or even LL Cool J on the turntable. One can go to three or four little gatherings in a night, meet people, dance, and go home happy. And not worry about interference by Harvard or its agents...
Kodak's disc camera was built around a fool-proof concept: a film cartridge containing a disc of 15 tiny frames. But after selling 25 million disc cameras since 1982, Kodak said last week that it has suspended production. While the company has promised to keep making film for the cameras, photo experts believe Kodak is ditching the disc design for good. Sales of the cameras, while brisk at first, slumped to fewer than 2 million last year. The disc's fatal flaw is its minuscule negatives, which tend to produce grainy snapshots. That handicap has become even more glaring...
While hypermarkets have spread across Canada, which has 22 such stores, they have only now become a hot concept in the U.S. One reason is that America has so many competing discount stores and supermarkets that the Carrefour concept had trouble gaining acceptance. Analysts estimate that Bigg's, a Cincinnati hypermarket opened by Euromarche, a French firm, has lost at least $9 million since it was opened three years ago. But the large U.S. chains believe they can make the idea work by selling name-brand goods at paper-thin markups. K mart announced last September that it will form...
Face value is an elusive concept at the Super Bowl, where the tickets for next week's XXIInd renewal started at $100. But since neither Washington nor Denver claims to be a great team, it figures to be a decent game for a change. Both the Redskins and the Broncos won conference championships in heart-stopping fashion when the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns faltered and fumbled on their goal lines. The Redskins' coach, born-again Joe Gibbs, 47, actually fell to his knees in prayer before the Vikings' final play. Recalling his days as an assistant...
...less than a sweep. The governing coalition confidently predicted that 70% of its candidates would be elected; though the official count was not completed, Aquino's forces clearly fell short of that goal. Among those defeated were two of the President's relatives. "This is a rejection of the concept of political dynasty but not of Cory," said Senate President Jovito Salonga, an Aquino ally...