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Gilder's arguments, while forceful, are not always persuasive. He seems to forget that Japan, an island nation rich in know-how and poor in resources, is itself a prime beneficiary of the triumph of ideas over matter. The Japanese may not be also-rans in software and custom chips forever. But at a time when so many books talk only about what is wrong with the U.S., Gilder's optimism about the future of American high-tech is refreshing...
Uniroyal Goodrich, which was formed by the merger of Uniroyal and B.F. Goodrich in 1986, sees the deal as vital to its long-term survival. In a business in which size has become synonymous with strength, Uniroyal Goodrich is looking to Michelin for financial might and technical know-how. If the merger is completed, the new company (combined 1988 sales: $10.9 billion) may well surpass Goodyear ($10.8 billion) as the world's largest tiremaker...
...little useful advice for Moscow's ethnic revolts. But Shevardnadze made it clear he was in search of American technical know-how for the ailing Soviet economy. Together with several U.S. and Soviet economists, the pair chewed over such specifics as ruble convertibility and Soviet Treasury bonds. "There is a change in the psychology of how they are prepared to talk about themselves and in their attitude toward us," said a Baker aide. "There is a degree of trust emerging...
...million digits, a number that, if printed out linearly, would extend 600 miles. The feat was accomplished by David and Gregory Chudnovsky, Soviet emigre brothers who took jingoistic pride in beating the Japanese. "They may have faster supercomputers," says David Chudnovsky, "but they don't have our Yankee know...
...purpose of the conference is to give other schools the know-how or motivation to initiate their own AIDS education program and to further develop any existing programs," said Greg C. Belmont '89, one of the event's organizers...