Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Honecker had been pushed aside by a leadership increasingly nervous about the continuing exodus of refugees to the West and the growing clamor of the stay- behinds for reform at home. At the same time, the two Politburo members in charge of the economy and mass media also lost their posts, signaling that a more extensive housecleaning might be under...
...first new downtown building were published, and others followed at a dizzying pace. They moved so fast that within weeks about 1,000 makeshift saloons were doing business and political fighting had broken out again. Ex- Mayor (also ex-Governor and ex-U.S. Senator) James Phelan, who lost a fortune in the disaster, led an attack on the corrupt municipal government with one hand and with the other helped get the reconstruction moving. Checks drawn on San Francisco banks were all but useless right after the quake, but within six weeks every banking house in the city was back...
...Commodore show was symptomatic of what is taking place at many companies in the computer industry. After a decade of rapid expansion and explosive product innovation, the business has lost some of its pizazz. Many established companies are repackaging old technology rather than developing daring new products. Manufacturers of such big machines as mainframes and minicomputers are suffering from stagnant sales as customers turn to powerful but less expensive workstations and personal computers. At the same time, many customers are reluctant to buy new hardware because of a shortage of innovative software to provide fresh applications for the machines...
...Research, the largest supercomputer maker, said early this month it will cut its work force about 7% because of slack demand. Mainframe manufacturer Unisys, which has reported operating losses of $79 million so far this year, plans to slash its payroll by 8,000 workers, or 9%. Wang, which lost $424 million during the past fiscal year, may be pushed into a merger. Former rising stars in personal computers, notably Commodore and Wyse Technology, are losing money. So are major software developers, including Ashton-Tate and WordStar International...
...Thursday, the anniversary of the 1987 crash, the Government reported that the Consumer Price Index rose a modest 0.2% in September, propelling the market to a 39.55- point gain. The Dow closed at 2689.14 Friday, up a record 119.88 points for the week. In Tokyo the Nikkei index lost 647.33 points Monday but surged more ! than 1,000 points in the next four days to finish the week...