Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...distract it from Sun's own successful business. Even if Sun could figure out how to solve the short-term problems, it would inherit all the bigger conundrums that have bedeviled Apple for most of its brilliant, exasperating life. So the bet for Sun is monstrous: acquiring Apple could destroy either or both companies...
...away. Apple still needs to work to keep the Mac experience better than the Windows experience and to keep prices down. Both of these goals will take time and resources." That means more layoffs are probably in store, but Amelio will have to take care not to destroy Apple's already low morale...
...popularity rating is low. The political medicine he needs is an image of strong leadership, so he unleashed furious force on Pervomaiskoye. Last week's operation, says General Boris Gromov, who commanded Soviet forces in Afghanistan and is now a member of parliament, was intended "to destroy militants rather than release hostages." That was not the method of the Turkish government, which negotiated with the Chechens who hijacked a ferry at the port of Trabzon. All hostages were released unharmed...
Hearst's action against Kane suited Hollywood's Old Guard fine; MGM's Louis B. Mayer offered to buy the picture for $1 million and destroy the negative. Kane was finally released, amid raves and some skepticism from critics, a yawn from the public. At the following year's Oscar party, having earned nine nominations, the film was booed every time it was mentioned. Callow says that by today's counting methods, Kane would have won for Best Film. In fact, the only statuette went to Welles and Mankiewicz, for Best Screenplay. Mank, who did not attend the ceremony, told...
...government has won this battle, the demolition of Pervomayskaya may still spark a larger conflict. TIME's Yuri Zarakhovich reports that many in the autonomous republic of Dagestan are seething over what they see as the Russian government's willingness to risk the lives of Dagestani hostages to destroy the invading rebels. "Not unlike neighboring Chechnya, there are caches of weapons in every house here, and all the people are as volatile. Enmity towards Moscow is visibly growing. If Dagestan should ever rise against Moscow and traditional ethnic rivalries flare up with a renewed force, the ongoing Chechen...