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Last March, the Eliot senior confounded most in the swimming world by capturing third place in the 400-yard IM and sixth in the 200-yard backstroke at the NCAA championships. Those performances were good enough to secure his childhood dram: an All-America selection...
...wholly different taste experience from Laphroaig, one of the tangy, medicinal whiskies produced on the isle of Islay (pronounced EYE-la). Part of the appeal of these whiskies, in fact, is their craggy names. Once you've learned how to pronounce it, who can resist ordering a dram of Bunnahabhain? (Try Bu-na-HA-ven.) Worldwide, the single- malt sales leader is Glenfiddich, owned by William Grant & Sons, but in the U.S. it runs a distant second to the Glenlivet, produced by Scotland's oldest licensed distillery (1824) and a shrewd purchase by Seagram...
...over roughly that share. Last week a group of seven American computer companies, including archrivals IBM and Digital Equipment, announced a move that might help the U.S. recoup some of its lost ground. The companies will create a joint venture that will manufacture and sell dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips using IBM technology...
...companies currently account for only 10% of the world's production of the most advanced DRAM chip, the one megabit, which has enough memory to contain the equivalent of 100 pages of double-spaced text. The new venture, called U.S. Memories, plans to manufacture the next generation: the four- megabit chip. Last week IBM disclosed that it is already producing the more powerful semiconductor for use in its own computers and other products. That may give IBM a lead of several months over its Japanese rivals, who have yet to gear up mass production of the four-megabit semiconductor...
...venture must also win congressional approval before it can proceed, since antitrust law generally prohibits joint manufacturing ventures between major competitors. But experts predict that Congress will make an exception for U.S. Memories. Besides the potential gain in chips, they contend, the lessons learned from the DRAM joint venture could show American industry how to become more competitive in other high-tech areas, including high-definition television...