Word: flipper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DOLPHINS Not as cuddly as we thought. New study says they eat their young. Say it ain't so, Flipper...
POSTHUMOUSLY PARDONED. HENRY O. FLIPPER, the Army's first black commissioned officer; for an 1882 military conviction for conduct unbecoming an officer; by President Clinton; in Washington...
...with a run-over paw make great TV. And perhaps the network's cleverest idea of all is The Pet Shop, a talk show with pet jokes in the monologue, pet skits and celebrities who are interviewed with their pets. Animal Planet does feature too much new Lassie and Flipper, but the rest of the original programming demonstrates how broadly appealing a special-interest channel...
...McDonald's trains a burger flipper to use a computer to monitor inventory," says Shapiro, "the employee's new skills may enable him to win a better position with Red Lobster or K Mart, and the competitor reaps the benefit of McDonald's training investment." This market failure hits average workers hardest. As Clinton has noted time and again, large corporations spend whatever is necessary to ensure that their executives are up to date on management techniques because, says Shapiro, "improving the decisions of supervisors produces higher returns from the workers they direct." Those at the top receive the education...
...same time, box-office success does not always guarantee merchandising success--analysts cite Casper and Independence Day as two recent hit movies that disappointed their licensees. Much depends on how "toyetic" a movie is, in industry parlance, and the degree to which merchandise is sympatico with the film. Flipper licensed a camping set, "which is pretty funny," says director Shapiro, "because dolphins aren't usually found in the forest...