Word: giant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...data-processing chores to smaller, desktop systems. The shock waves bent many "big iron" manufacturers out of shape, including Prime Computer and Control Data Corp., which stopped making mainframes after heavy losses. Many companies like Wang Laboratories and Unisys have largely switched from hardware to software. The biggest fallen giant is Digital Equipment Corp., which last week reported a larger than expected quarterly loss of $66 million. Once the No. 2 computer maker after IBM, DEC has downsized in a so far unsuccessful effort to transform itself into a chip company...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "[Letting states administer welfare] is a giant money-laundering scheme. It's about writing blank checks to Governors while imposing no standards or accountability...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Having welfare run by a giant federal bureaucracy is wasteful, slow and lacks the level of caring and help the states can give to needy families...
Adams' five-step revitalization program for the economically challenged 15th District focuses on crime, housing, entrepreneurship, jobs and community development. He calls Harlem a "sleeping giant" that, with the right leader, can again be "the spark plug and heartbeat of the nation." Unlike Charles Rangel, whose connections extend well beyond New York, Adams' campaign is grass roots. And he'll need deep roots to hold his own against the powerful incumbent...
...solidly liberal as his district, 21-year incumbent Waxman is a Los Angeles institution. He has led the Democratic charge to strengthen environmental regulations and create a national health-care system. His vocal attacks on tobacco earned him a trip to court, thanks to a suit by cigarette giant Brown & Williamson. But this popular and tough Democratic strategist is an odds-on favorite to win again...