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Such feisty competitiveness is a sign that the computer slump is history. From 1984 through 1986, worldwide unit sales of personal computers stayed virtually flat. But this year sales are expected to rise nearly 13%, as customers plunk down $35 billion to buy about 17 million machines, according to estimates from Dataquest. Slugging it out for many of those dollars are personal computing's Front Four: IBM (which had a 26% slice of last year's market), Apple (which had 8%), Tandy (5%) and Compaq (3%). The remaining 58% of the world market has been carved up by about...
...Young Sam: "I have to question the ability of our government's intelligence system." Few governments, particularly in Asia, would manufacture a story that was guaranteed to result in a loss of face with its allies. That is precisely what happened in Seoul after Kim surfaced. Says Daryl Plunk, a Korea specialist at Washington's Heritage Foundation: "It is obvious that South Korea has been embarrassed by this...
...been conspicuous lately by his lack of public appearances. Some observers have wondered if the 76-year-old defense minister was having trouble adjusting to the increased day-to-day powers of First Son Jong Il, 45, and the younger cadres around him. Says the Heritage Foundation's Plunk: "O had been the major exception to the new generation of officials...
...terms of music in the suite, however, students who don't want to plunk down substantial amounts of cash for a stereo invest in a boom box rather than oversize speakers for a walkman. Discount Records, on John F. Kennedy St., sells 10 to 15 walkman speaker sets a week versus 20 boom boxes. And walkman speakers are becoming more popular, says Patrick S. Pezzati, the store's assistant manager...
Maybe Alan Rudolph should just plunk himself down in front of a video console, electronically colorize some old film noir favorite of his and forget it. Instead, the writer-director keeps trying to revitalize that shadowy, romantic style of the '40s by putting a hip spin on it. This strategy worked pretty well for him two years ago in Choose Me, shot in a surreal light and featuring a script that had the giddy loquacity of a liars' convention...