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...ideals, the warm feelings of sisterly unity that infused Nairobi may be difficult to translate into concrete action in the rough-and-tumble forum of international politics. But many women nevertheless voiced their determination to try. Said Filipino Irene Santiago, of the Asian Women's Research and Action Network: "We are preparing for the long haul." --By Susan Tifft. Reported by Jane O'Reilly and Maryanne Vollers/Nairobi WOMEN WORLDWIDE...
...another auto plant. It represents the company's best and perhaps last chance to beat back the Japanese challenge. Though wholly owned by GM, the factory will be the centerpiece of an entirely new company called Saturn Corp., which will have its own executives and engineers and a separate network of dealers. GM's plan is to give its new offspring the freedom to use advanced technology and flexible labor practices to erase the $2,000-per-car cost advantage that the Japanese enjoy on small cars. Chairman Roger Smith calls Saturn the key to GM's competitiveness, survival...
...Atlantic City, N.J., have jumped in and ponied up backing for teams and tournaments. This year Shearson Lehman/ American Express put $250,000 into sponsoring polo, says Marketing Director Cathy Stewart, "because it is changing from an elite to an upscale audience." TV has come acovering. The first major network broadcast, of a Long Island tournament, will be shown on NBC-TV in three weeks. And the sport has its own magazine...
...nights, the wide screens at San Francisco's Moscone Center glowed with some of the most sophisticated computer animations yet produced: TV commercials that showed Chevy vans floating in clouds and Norelco shavers zipping around a racetrack; television network logos replete with spinning globes and sparkling call letters; scientific simulations displaying molecules at magnifications no microscope could achieve; and animal, vegetable and mineral objects more realistically portrayed than ever before. Says Computer Artist William Reeves of Lucasfilm, who created the image of windblown grass he calls Blowin' in the Wind: "I'm not going to claim it's just like...
Summer was once a pleasant, carefree time of year in televisionland. Network programmers had a relatively simple job: switch on the reruns, perhaps trot out a few Gold-diggers to spell Dean Martin for the hot months, and relax. If the viewers flicked off their sets and headed for the ball park, so what? They would be back again in the fall...