Word: polaroiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...roof of the garage at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles were treated to a strange sight. As a chorus line of cheerleaders kicked and a bevy of multicolored balloons rose in the sky, a huge cloth dropped to reveal a two-story model of a camera. Polaroid was pulling out all the f-stops to introduce the Spectra, a new instant camera that will sell for a steep...
Several women came in while we were there. Two Harvard women stayed for about five minutes, filled out forms, took a Polaroid, and left. We smiled at them when they walked in. They looked at us icily. Competition. The one who had her picture taken was beautiful: olive skin, long curly black hair, dressed all in black. Her friend, a prim-looking blonde in an '82 Harvard athletic department sweatshirt, told Chan she wasn't applying, but then relented. "As long as I'm here..." She said, picking up a form. Out of the blue, Chan asked...
...student, who preferred that her name not be divulged, said Chan was friendly as he took Polaroid snapshots of her fully clothed and had her fill out a short form asking for such items as major, measurements, and hobbies. She said she might pose clothed for the pictorial if Playboy asked...
...think so, sir. The point was that Polaroid sued Kodak for infringing on their instant camera patents. And they won. The judge ruled that Kodak had to get out of the instant camera business altogether...
While it remains the world's leading maker of photographic equipment, Kodak (est. 1985 sales: $10.6 billion) has been suffering a string of negative developments. In January the company lost a patent-infringement suit brought by Polaroid, and dropped out of the instant-camera market. Last week Kodak announced that weak 1985 earnings will compel it to eliminate 10% of its 129,000 jobs. The company also plans to cut out raises for 130 top executives in 1986 and to reduce overall spending...