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...withstand intense magnetic fields, they can as yet carry only about a hundredth of the current capacity of conventional superconductors. And because the amount of current flowing through the magnetic field determines its strength, scientists are concerned that a quick fix may not be in sight. Warns GE's Robb: "What we need now is a second invention that would modify copper oxides to allow high currents to flow at high temperatures. There's a fifty-fifty chance that second invention will ever be made...
...Academy had particularly restricted thesubject matter and technique of historicalpaintings, forcing painters to depict solelyclassical and mythological subjects in anidealized style. The works of the 1860's,therefore, are strikingly novel in comparison.Nikolai Ge's "The Last Supper" (1866) reflectsthis change--the traditional scene is interpretedwith a remarkable new emphasis on thepsychological states of the figures, and Christ isportrayed with originality and expression...
...worth a record $190 billion, took place last year. After most of the buyouts, the merged company eliminates staff duplications and unprofitable divisions. In the past six years, for example, General Electric spent $11.1 billion to buy 338 businesses, including RCA, a $6.3 billion acquisition. During the same period, GE shed 232 businesses worth $5.9 billion and closed 73 plants and offices...
...labor, but ((acting as)) a strikebreaker doing the will of the producers." When his movie career faltered, he became host of a television series, General Electric Theater, and stumped cross-country, speaking for the company. After eight years, he was summarily dismissed, but Reagan has no harsh words for GE; after all, by the time he was fired in 1962, he had reached a new constituency...
...third its size, Capital Cities Communications, for $3.5 billion. The chairman of the merged company, Thomas Murphy, has since trimmed 615 of 14,900 jobs. In June, General Electric absorbed front-running NBC (1985 advertising revenues: $2.7 billion) by purchasing the network's parent, RCA, for $6.3 billion. GE Executive Robert Wright will take over as NBC's president and CEO this week; he is expected to launch his own austerity program. The biggest factor in broadcast television's changing climate is that the networks no longer enjoy the hefty automatic annual increases in advertising rates and volume that they...