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Nonetheless, says Marshall, "we didn't just dash forward. We proceed with the same caution and depth as a FORTUNE 500 company. We probably did two or three years in research"--during which time Barden was also studying proposals from other African countries, including South Africa. The negotiations had to be conducted across 7,753 miles and seven time zones, a strain that all multinational executives must be prepared to undergo. "It is not unusual for me or my staff to be on the phone beginning at midnight, or to have a business day that extends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THINKING BIG | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...magical morphing jello (created by the wizardry of Industrial Light & Magic) is not given any inherent limits. That's the fun of Flubber --the green blob can do anything. Watch it bounce from wall to wall in a hyperkenetic frenzy. Watch it divide into thousands of little splotches and dash around the room. Watch it make cars fly, watch it help people leap the length of basketball courts, watch it unmercifully assault the villains, watch it morph into all kinds of shapes--and best of all, watch it dance...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Flubberiffic!: Attack of the Green Goo | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...Lions braved a driving rainstorm and gusty winds to dash Princeton's hopes of a late season revival and a shot at the Ivy championship. FOOTBALL IVY STANDINGS OVERALL IVY Team W L T PCT W L T PCT Harvard 6 1 0 .857 4 0 0 1.000 Dartmouth 5 2 0 .714 3 1 0 .750 Penn 4 3 0 .571 3 1 0 .750 Brown 5 2 0 .714 2 2 0 .500 Columbia 3 4 0 .429 2 2 0 .000 Princeton 4 3 0 .571 1 3 0 .250 Cornell...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And Then There Was One | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

...when first I inscribed a six-digit post-office box number into my book, at almost exactly the same time as ZIP codes (which arrived on our shores only in 1963, to cries of "governmental harassment" from Hunter S. Thompson) began more insistently including four extra digits and a dash. Suddenly, the 213 area code for Los Angeles had sprouted seven alternatives, and French phone numbers were 10 digits long, and my friends were stockpiling spouses' names upon their own. Here in Japan, my three-digit postal code spawned two extra digits, and even as I was writing this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ADDRESS BOOK | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Jones picked up nine, 13,11 and eight yards in his first four runs, and at no point was he touched within five yards of the line of scrimmage. Clearly Jones' 4.49 second 40-yard-dash speed is a huge factor, but Jones was working with holes large enough for the proverbial Mack truck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life Goes On Even After Eion | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

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