Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...RADICAL, UNBENDING posture of the union will serve as a model for rank-and-file resiliency in the future if it proves successful. In recent years, the demands of many unions have been stifled by Reagan-backed federal actions, as in the case of a much-publicized air traffic controller's strike four years ago. And Ironically, the unions have also stifled themselves. In many cases today, they accept concessions in the form of employees stock ownership plans, workplace democracy schemes and worker participation on management boards. But while these plans are progressive, they usually come at the expense...
Only three years ago, Commodore International of West Chester, Pa., was the hottest name in a hot game: home-computer sales. Its Commodore 64 was the Volkswagen of computers, a low-cost, dependable model that became the best- selling machine in the business. The company's earnings reached a record $144 million in its fiscal year...
Smith may have made a company-saving move when he bought Amiga Corp., a small computer firm in Santa Clara, Calif., for $25 million in October of 1984. Technology obtained in that acquisition helped Commodore develop its Amiga model, which has drawn praise from industry experts. Among Amiga's attractive features are its state-of-the-art color graphics and its ability to run more than one program at the same time...
Vanna White's daily chores on Wheel of Fortune could most charitably be described as minimal. At the beginning of each show, the blond ex-model poses with the "fabulous prizes" on display and greets Host Pat Sajak with a cheery hello. Then she takes up her station at the puzzle board, briskly turning over lettered tiles and scooting out of the way like the ball boy at a tennis match. Yet White has become TV's most improbable cult heroine. "I've gotten tons of fan mail," she marvels. "Love letters, marriage proposals, children being named after me, which...
...length, Toad moved on to an electric model, an IBM Selectric, and grew more rapturous still. Toad said the machine was like a small private printing press: the thoughts shot from his brain through his fingers and directly into flawless print...