Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have something to sell besides IBM products. Says Seymour Merrin, a Westport, Conn., dealer: "We cannot allow our futures to be totally controlled by an outside force like IBM. If you do, you become a slave, not a business." But if IBM continues to move forward at its present pace, dealers may have little choice. IBM controls 70% of the mainframe computer market, and the company is unlikely to settle for anything less in the personalcomputer market...
Savitch became increasingly isolated after the tragedy, and her career seemed to stall. She took a partial leave from NBC to host the PBS program Frontline, and later lost her Saturday anchor slot. There were rumors that she had turned to cocaine to fuel her still relentless pace. Friends deny it. "Work is my narcotic. I get high from it," she told a colleague. But some fellow workers wondered, notably after she slurred words and stammered on a recent Digest spot...
...LIKE TO WALK through the Square periodically to keep pace with the comings and goings of the local shops. With each changing of the guard, there's always the hope some aspiring business man will finally get it right and scratch your four-year itch...
...Jaeger sweaters and Albert Nipon dresses for 30% to 60% below retail by shopping at off-price stores. Since 1979, sales at Syms, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and similar outlets have more than doubled, to an estimated $7 billion. Industry analysts expect them to continue to grow at an average pace of 20% to 25% a year. Says Edward Brennan, head of Sears retail stores: "There is no question that off-price retailers are becoming a big factor in the industry...
...rousing conclusion the best year they have had since 1979. The recovery is continuing to steam along. Last week the Commerce Department reported that the gross national product grew at a healthy annual rate of 7.9% from July through September, down just a bit from the 9.7% pace during the second quarter. Consumer spending jumped 1.5% in September, fueled by a .9% increase in personal income. Says Marshall Field Chairman Philip Miller: "A lot of pent-up buying is going on now. It promises to be a terrific fourth quarter...