Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surprisingly, given the relative sizes of the two Crays, some experts voice more concern about the future of Cray Research than they do about Cray Computer. Few doubt that the smaller spin-off firm will be able to raise all the money it needs. As John Sell, president of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center, puts it, "Seymour is magic in this business." Whether Cray Research can flourish without its founding genius remains to be seen. Analysts say that within three to five years it should be clear whether the company has wisely cut its losses or created a killer competitor...
...ground was first bridged on April 26, when 150,000 people flooded the square to show disapproval of an inflammatory People's Daily editorial that denounced the students. "That was a major breakthrough in Chinese modern history," says Roderick MacFarquahar, director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. It marked the "first time since 1949 that a demonstration by society against the state was made successfully in the face of a powerful government...
...deterrent safer, and it would give us greater flexibility about actually using them. The farther back, the more likely the missiles will survive until you need them. But we have to be careful not to push the Germans. At this point, we have the luxury of being in the research stage and of not having to push anyone on the deployment question at a time when their circuits are overloaded. My view is that we shouldn't force answers to questions before we have to ask them...
...jigsaw patterns out of untouched forest, sometimes encircled by heavily burned areas. Blackened stands of lodgepole pine and Douglas fir should gradually become meadows of aspens, wildflowers and grass; life will go on. "From an ecological standpoint, there was no downside," says John Varley, the park's chief of research. "It is not a rebirth because there was not a death...
...CHIEF OF RESEARCH: Betty Satterwhite Sutter...