Word: june
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...machines still lead in worldwide sales, Japanese manufacturers may be pulling ahead by some measures of supercomputer performance, notably processing speed. Earlier this month NEC introduced a new series, called SX-3, billed as the world's fastest supercomputers, even though the machines will not be available until June 1990. Cray discounts NEC's claim to top speed, contending that such measurements are based on "theoretical peak performance" figures rather than a practical application. NEC insists that the SX-3's key elements have been tested...
...speakership until late in the year, before being pushed into resignation. House Republican Whip Newt Gingrich, who first called for the Wright investigation, went even further, predicting that Wright would become such an embarrassment for the Democrats that Majority Leader Tom Foley of Washington "will be Speaker by June...
...mobilize public support for Roe, pro-choice groups like NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union expect to spend about $2.5 million through June on print and broadcast advertising. And at a meeting in March called by Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown, the editors of 16 women's magazines agreed to step up their coverage of the abortion dispute. "I feel we're not holding our ground the way we should," says Brown...
...colorful, cantankerous Benton (1889-1975) is being honored in his centennial year not only with a biography and a PBS special but also with this full-dress retrospective in his native state. Featured: the stylized murals of American history and daily life for which he was best known. Through June...
WHISTLER AND HIS CIRCLE, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul. Etchings, lithographs and paintings representing Whistler's high achievements in those media as well as his influence on other late-19th century artists, chiefly such Americans as Joseph Pennell, Charles Keene and John Marin. Through June...