Word: looks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look back at the weekend, I can only take solace in two things. One is that I had a good time at the game. The other is that, in the middle of the game, when Derek Bok smugly walked down the sidelines in front of the Harvard fans and was roundly cheered, I remembered myself enough to boo and give him the finger...
...transplants pose a challenge to the domestic U.S. industry on several levels. "Look at the advantages they have: new equipment, new management systems, a well-trained and well-screened work force," says David Cole, director of the University of Michigan's office for the study of automotive transportation. Because the transplants are primarily nonunion, notes Cole, the factories save an estimated $500 a car in benefits alone, compared with American companies...
...absolutely. When you look back at history, you'll see that new technologies build new civilizations. Technology determines the quality and quantity of the human economy. The medieval age gave way to the modern age because of the art of navigation, the invention of gunpowder and Gutenberg's art of printing. Now the modern age has come to a close because of nuclear power and electronics. I think Japan will be one of the major players that will build a new world history. It can't be done by Japan alone. Active interaction with other countries will enhance technological developments...
...these breakthrough products look hopelessly oversize. Last month Compaq unveiled a 2.2-kg (6-lb.) full-powered portable computer that fits in a briefcase. Sharp and Poqet make even smaller models that slip into a suit pocket. Today there are fax machines, radar detectors, electronic dictionaries, cellular telephones, color televisions, even videotape recorders that fit comfortably in the palm of a hand...
...earn $60 million in your first four weeks, and everybody has an explanation for your success. As the surprise movie hit of the fall season, Tri-Star's baby-love comedy Look Who's Talking has inspired plenty of retrospective wisdom. It came out at the right time of year, when its only competition was heavy dramas. It hits yuppie moviegoers where they live: in the narrow margin between careers and parenthood. It carries echoes of When Harry Met Sally in the loving friendship of a thirtysomething mom (Kirstie Alley) and the cabdriver (John Travolta) who moonlights as baby-sitter...