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Word: fuji (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...distance in five years. True, she isn't close to her best times, but neither is anyone else. As the world's most famous woman swimmer, she has cashed in. After spurning commercial offers in order to maintain eligibility while she swam at Stanford, Evans now endorses Speedo swimsuits, Fuji film, Ray-Ban sunglasses and other products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swimming A Bigger Splash | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...sign, which goes into full computer-controlled action next month, is part of a comeback in flashy Times Square billboards. But this time most of them were erected by Japanese companies, including Canon, Sony, Fuji Film and Suntory liquors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Broadway's Big Bottleneck | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...technological edge -- its insurance policy against economic decline -- has been narrowing. Flush with cash, Japan has outspent the U.S. on investment and research, devoting nearly 3% of economic spending to nondefense research, while American R. and D. spending remained under 2%. Four Japanese companies -- Hitachi, Toshiba, Canon and Fuji -- each captured more American patents in 1989 than any single U.S. firm. Predicts William Archey, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "We haven't even begun to see the products of that investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy Now This Idea Is -- Shh! -- O.K. | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...dominated by the Italian masters. Says Marco Rocca, owner of a bicycle-importing firm in Turin: "There is an invasion of imported mountain bikes!" French manufacturers sold more than 1 million velo tout terrain bikes last year, up from 1,000 in 1984. Such Japanese firms as Bridgestone and Fuji are ATB top sellers in the U.S. But back home, many Japanese consumers prefer American bikes from Diamond Back, Specialized, GT, Schwinn, Trek and Cannondale. They are also snapping up stylish U.S.-made cycling clothes from Nike, Hind and other firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sporting Goods: Rock And Roll | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

...number of eruptions these days is not abnormal, but human populations near the fiery mountains have been growing rapidly. Never before have the volcanoes posed such a serious threat. Some volcanologists believe, for example, that Mount Fuji has entered an active phase, raising the specter of a giant eruption only 100 km (62 miles) from Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Them Blow | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

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