Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the lack of official comment from IBM, the reason for its generosity was obvious: the company is trying hard to rebuild its dwindling share of the $10 billion-ayear personal-computer market. Only 14 months ago, IBM commanded 40% of sales, largely on the strength of the $1,995 PC, which had become an industry standard. Since then, however, a slew of small, feisty computer makers have stolen away a hefty chunk of IBM's business by building personal computers that run software written for IBM PCs but sell for a fraction of the cost. The sellers of these...
Rhetorically, for obvious reasons, emphasis tends to center on strengths. On July 3, as the sun set over Governor's Island, we all heard Chief Justice Warren Burgher wax grandiloquent on his own family's immigrant history in the Swede towns of the Midwest. On September 4, we can look forward to hearing His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales muse on the origins of Harvardiana at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University...
...excavation has provided ample proof of Kovacs' prodigious achievement. Not that all of it is funny. Much of Kovacs' comedy strikes a viewer today as rather obvious and crudely executed. Steve Allen, another pioneer of live TV comedy, was a more dexterous verbal wit; Sid Caesar a more inspired sketch comic. Kovacs' contribution lay elsewhere. No performer, for one thing, was more at ease in front of the TV camera or treated it with such relaxed irreverence. Kovacs' live shows were an engaging mix of scripted bits (with such recurring characters as the lisping poet Percy Dovetonsils) and raucous improvisation...
...most obvious reason for Reagan's popularity is the relative success of his presidency and the grace with which he has accomplished it. Lyndon Johnson was terrible in success, contemptuous of his adversaries, delighted with his own genius. Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter could be irritating and bizarre in other ways. Reagan likes success, but is wary of it. He accepts the praise, ducks his head, winks, and moves on. Reagan has reasserted the force of individual leadership. Americans heard for years that the presidency had grown too complex for one person to manage, that the office had been crippled...
...releases some odd information ("In Cleveland (stadium) they have problems growing grass, so they paint the ground green"), remembers the greatest catch by a fan and includes the autobiographies of some less than celebrated players. Rocky Bridges: "The more I played (with the Dodgers), the more it became obvious that no one there could take a joke. My batting average." Greg Minton: Growing up, "I never even thought about playing professional baseball. I wanted to do something meaningful--I wanted to be a surfer." Marc Hill: "The team's press guide listed among the highlights of my career that 'Hill...