Word: roland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trouble hitting a hovering helicopter. The fiasco left the Army without a weapon to counter the Soviets' high-performance aircraft and growing fleet of nimble helicopters. Some reformers urged the Army to consider simpler and more reliable weapons, perhaps a version of the existing Rapier or the Roland missile systems. But the Army decided otherwise. Enter FAAD (for forward-area air-defense system...
...hardy band of performers is answering yes. Last week in Los Angeles, Les Fetes d'Hebe was given a glowing new production that reveled in each melodic appoggiatura and terpsichorean temps de courante. Directed by Roland Jullien and featuring Conductor James Richman's Concert Royal, an original instrument ensemble, and Choreographers Catherine Turocy and Ann Jacoby's New York Baroque Dance Company, the production pointed up an important trend in music today. Since the turn of the century, there has been a steady march toward authenticity in musical perform-ance. Now the search for verisimilitude is being extended to stage...
Europe: Lawrence Malkin London: Christopher Ogden, Mary Cronin, Steven Holmes, William Rademaekers Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Erik Amfitheatrof, Sam Allis, Wilton Wynn Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Middle East: Dean Fischer Cairo: John Borrell Bahrain: Barry Hillenbrand Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: James Willwerth Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Sandra Burton, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Edwin M. Reingold, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Canada: Peter Stoler, Ed Ogle Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: Harry Kelly...
TIME Correspondents Dean Fischer and Roland Flamini, awakened by the first percussive blasts around 2 a.m., leaned far out their hotel windows to watch the spectacle. "I had awakened into a nightmare," says Fischer, who witnessed the aerial fireworks to the north, over Tripoli harbor. "When I saw the first flash of an exploding bomb, I knew it was for real," says Flamini, whose room faced south, toward Gaddafi's headquarters. Within minutes, TV correspondents in Tripoli were reporting live via telephone to the three anchormen of the nightly newscasts. A nation eavesdropped on telephone conversations between New York City...
...significant range of management actions. Among them: issuing stock that would dilute the voting power of existing shares by 20% or more, selling 20% or more of corporate assets to a hostile bidder in exchange for a takeover cease-fire, paying greenmail, or adopting a poison pill. Says Roland Machold, director of New Jersey's treasury division of investment: "We just want to be brought in on the big decisions...