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Until the mid-1980s, the cruise-ship industry was a doddering old lady. TV's long-running Love Boat went a long way toward changing perceptions, as did heavy network advertising. Flashy new ships like Carnival's Fantasy and Royal Caribbean's Nordic Empress now lure passengers with soaring Hyatt-style atriums, neon-lit discos and casinos with low table limits. The elderly can still take a constitutional around the deck, of course, but the trend is toward state-of-the-art fitness spas and sports platforms for water skiers. Princess and Royal Caribbean lines have even bought islands...
Overhauling used aircraft could also bring a measure of relief to Grumman, a Long Island contractor that has reduced its labor force by more than 11,000 workers, or nearly one-third, since the mid-1980s. The firm's problems stem from government cancellation of such workhorses as the F-14 Tomcat fighter and the A-6 Intruder attack jet. But Grumman president Robert Myers discerns a silver lining. "Grumman could benefit from major reductions in defense spending because the system would have to exist with the equipment in use," he says. That could mean lucrative contracts to service...
...idea of using pure nicotine to help smokers stop was first tried in the mid-1980s with the nicotine-laced chewing gum Nicorette. The drug provides relief from the symptoms of physical withdrawal -- anxiety, difficulty concentrating -- so that people can focus on the behavioral side of their addiction. But Nicorette has proved disappointing, largely because heavy smokers have trouble getting a sufficient dose to match their craving. In addition, the gum can cause soreness in the mouth and upset stomach. Patches overcome these shortcomings by steadily pumping the drug directly into the bloodstream. After a month of daily...
Chile's foray into "capitalism" on the neo-liberal model began in 1973, when the democratically-elected left-wing government of Salvador Allende fell at the hand of a supposedly pro-free-market junta. The Soviet Union began its "market reforms" under Gorbachev in the mid-1980s. In the late 1980s, Boris Yeltsin and the mayor of Moscow supposedly endorsed and put into motion more radically free-market reforms...
During the last decade, activist overseers have challenged the Corporation's rule, urging the University to divest of its South Africa-related stock. In the mid-1980s, Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) began nominating candidates by petition to run against the University's official slate...