Word: landed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attempted to help by deepening the Souris' channel, but this spring's unusually high water levels could not be contained. Construction of a dam that could help hold back flood waters has been delayed by government red tape and is opposed by environmentalists and by farmers whose land might be flooded. Even if the project were to be approved, residents of Minot are likely to spend several more years warily watching the water. The earliest the dam could be completed...
...titans of the U.S. photography market finally meet in the same ring this week. Eastman Kodak Co., which fathered the snapshot almost a century ago, will show off to the press its new line of instant-picture cameras, thus offering Polaroid Corp. its first serious competition* since Edwin Land brought out the Polaroid Land Camera nearly three decades ago and ushered in the instant-photography...
Almost from the moment Land came out with his camera in 1947, there has been speculation that Kodak would sooner or later follow through. Many analysts were convinced the time had come in 1963. Instead, Kodak then brought out its Instamatic line, in the belief that a sizable market still existed for simple, cheap, easily loaded cameras. It was right; film usage by the average amateur more than doubled...
Kodak at first regarded Land's invention as a toy whose high price ($88 initially) and complexity would deter the average snapshooter. But the camera sold well. In the 1960s, when Polaroid's prices dropped dramatically (as little as $20 for a Swinger), Kodak began cracking on its own process. Says David Eisendrath, a photo consultant for TIME and Modern Photography: "Kodak finally realized what Polaroid knew from the start-that there are people who want to take good pictures, and other people who want to see them as fast as possible. The latter group is much larger...
...National League's Western division last season. Turner bought the team in January for $10 million, partly, he said, because he was tired of Atlanta being called "Losersville, U.S.A." Now he introduces himself on a local TV commercial as "the frightened new owner of the Atlanta Braves." Dry land athletic competition may be a new game for Turner, but of one thing he is certain: "The principles in sailing and baseball are the same. You go at it to win, and you do so with as much style and grace as you can muster." Bill Veeck could not have...