Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There is no feistier figure in the personal computer business than Jack Tramiel, 54, president of Commodore International, whose PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) computer is the largest seller in Europe and one of the big four in the U.S. along with Apple, Radio Shack and IBM. Unwilling to be trammeled by cheaper imports, he called together investors a few years ago and said, "Gentlemen, we must build and sell a color computer for under $300." When the investors balked, Tramiel pounded the table and said that if they did not produce such a machine, the Japanese would. The result...
...King of Pork," as North Dakota Senator Mark Andrews is known to colleagues, persuaded a House-Senate conference committee to reinstate a water-diversion project back home after it had been overwhelmingly defeated in the House. "Those guys knew damn well Andrews would stop their pet projects in the future," says Conte. "They ran like scared rabbits...
Back fashioning neckwear after 15 seasons, Yepremian has settled in Miami near his warmest memories. Over nine years there, the Dolphins came to regard him as fondly as a pet and eventually forgave him for the blocked-kick touchdown pass he accidentally threw to the Washington Redskins in the 1973 Super Bowl. "Washington is also where my streak ended at 20," he remembers, "but I didn't really mind Moseley breaking my record. A last-second field goal to win the game, that's doing it in style...
...Mickey Mouse watch ($2.29), though now Mickey tells time with electronic digits ($16.99) instead of white-gloved hands and must compete with Star Wars models. Another big name in the 1933 catalogue was that of Bird Expert H. Fogg, who had just taken charge of Sears' bird and pet departments and endorsed a line of canaries (up to $6.95); these are no longer for sale. Possibly the nearest equivalent in the current edition is the assortment of women's clothing promoted by Model Cheryl Tiegs...
Andy Young's rooming group is diverse even by Harvard standards. A pet bos constrictor and a tarantula make the Dunster House senior's room look like a cross between a natural preserve and a carnival sideshow. But along with his menagerie, Young brought to Harvard an interest in the study of animals and a highly developed skill in photographing and filming them in their native habitats on three continents...