Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hockey player might conceivably raise his price on the basis of one heroic fortnight. Mike Eruzione, the bridge painter and minor leaguer who retrieved his amateur status to captain the 1980 team, has made something of a cottage industry out of these moments. There was a quick Coke commercial for Jim Craig, the goalie everyone wrapped in a flag, but the flavor did not last. American Express has just revived the 1980 team...
...soon he was hanging around New York Rangers practice sessions and reading anything he could find on the subject. By 1972 he had saved enough money to send himself to Moscow, the mecca of European hockey. "Soviet teams made magic with the puck," Vairo says. "Their tempo was quick, and they were always in superb condition. I figured this was the model to copy...
...such fiascoes on overeager venture capitalists who drive companies to market prematurely so that they can cash in their stakes. One of their most prominent critics is Intel President Andrew Grove. Grove accuses what he calls "vulture capitalists" of roaming around companies and tempting talented employees with promises of quick riches. He says that venture capitalists are in the process of wrecking some good high-tech firms. Of course, several of Intel's senior executives are partners in venture capital funds. Moreover, the company was started by two scientists who left Fairchild Camera and Instrument...
...that the companies he finances are close to his office so that he does not have to travel much. Rock looks for ideas, people and products that together can form the keystones for major new industries. He is almost always one step ahead of fashion and never expects a quick payoff. He makes up his mind swiftly, acts decisively, moves quietly and seems to have an impeccable sense for where technology and markets will meet. Says California Financier Max Palevsky, who made a fortune as a founder of Scientific Data Systems, a mainframe computer maker that Xerox acquired...
...Boston Globe describes Mondale as a man who is "very well known but not known very well." In small groups, he is quick witted, sometimes testy, often funny; the press generally likes him. But on talk shows, Mondale lengthily states his positions instead of relaxing and letting his attitudes come through...