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...words of one diplomat, "it forces the Marcos government to address an agenda that others help to define." So far, however, Marcos, a master of survival, has shown a remarkable gift for writing the agenda himself and for keeping all the perks of power safely inside his own pocket. -By Pico Iyer. Reported by Sandra Burton/Manila
...American Development Bank in the seaside resort of Punta del Este, Uruguay. Grinspun headed the Argentine delegation, while William Rhodes, representing Citicorp, led an eleven-member team of bankers. One banker joked that Punta del Este would witness its most explosive confrontation since three British cruisers challenged the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the shores of the resort in December...
...that adjust the camera for particular situations ranging from fast movement to long vistas. A liquid-crystal display on top of the T70 can tell the photographer 152 different pieces of information about the camera, including the shutter speed being used and the amount of film left. The shirt pocket-size MC, $280, focuses itself, automatically advances the film and rewinds it at the end of a roll...
...1930s and stayed with these relatively slow-selling models for decades. But after moving into calculators and copiers in the 1960s, Canon applied its electronics know-how to cameras and devised the breakthrough AE-1. The company followed up in 1979 with the Sure Shot, a highly popular $100 pocket camera that automatically focuses itself by using an infra-red beam to measure the distance to the subject. Then in 1982 came the $60 Snappy 20, an easy-to-load 35-mm model designed to compete with Kodak's Instamatics...
...path to developing a wide range of high-tech products, Canon has stumbled on occasion. In 1975 it suffered heavy losses on a line of unsuccessful pocket calculators. Though the firm is now zooming along, officials are worried about possible trade barriers from the U.S. and Europe. That could be crippling, since some 75% of Canon's sales are exports. As a result, the company is gradually moving production overseas to new plants in such places as California and West Germany...