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Word: nonresearch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...college met its requirements by canceling its order for a 7090 and instead buying an IBM 1401 -- a simple nonresearch "baby computer" (price: $80,000) that is roughly 100 times less powerful and used for different purposes. "It's like the difference between a BB gun and a cannon," says a former top salesman, Ken Crider, who was "shocked" that IBM management allowed Perot to walk away with a commission on the original order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ross Perot's Days At Big Blue | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

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