Word: globality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...papermakers. The systems continuously measure such factors as the thickness of paper speeding through machines at up to 60 m.p.h. That enables operators to make adjustments that prevent breaks in the paper, avoiding shutdowns that can cost tens of thousands of dollars each. Rick Rowe, vice president of global operations for Honeywell-Measurex, claims that within 12 to 24 months, papermakers recover the $350,000 to $5 million they spend to buy the control systems. If you're in manufacturing, figuring out the cost-benefit ratio for computers is no sweat...
WASHINGTON: OK, this impeachment thing is pretty important. But with only days left before Congress hits the campaign trail, the global economy is still burning. And most of the world would prefer the House do its fiddling over something a little more proactive -- like giving the IMF the $18 billion it desperately needs to keep pouring water on the fast-spreading economic blaze. The Senate Republicans have already cleared the money, but in the House, GOP leaders still want to dictate firefighting terms to the international fund, calling for less secrecy, tougher lending terms and shorter repayment time for borrowing...
...years we have listened to lofty rhetoric promising a global community tied together by the international economy and the wonders of the Internet. But the example of a small province in the Balkans has revealed the impotence of our advances at a moment of significant crisis...
...responsible for its operation until a permanent board of 19 members is elected. Wilson is one of four Americans named to the board; the others are Esther Dyson '72, author and chair of EDventure Holdings, George H. Conrades, president of GTE Internetworking and Frank Fitzsimmons, senior vice president for global marketing at Dun & Bradstreet Corp...
...looks as if the President's recent rallying cries -- "Save Social Security first" and "Save the global economy" -- may be mutually exclusive. Even more ironic is that the tax-cut-peddling Republicans, who won't even chip in a lousy $18 billion to save the IMF, seem to be more global-minded than they give themselves credit for. But the tax-cut plan faces opposition from the last world leader with enough credibility left to kill it: Alan Greenspan, who single-handedly bullied Clinton into fiscal discipline six years ago. The Fed chairman is worried enough about inflation, now that...