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Even while these relatively experienced companies were battling storms in the marketplace, Mindset Corp. in Sunnyvale decided to set sail. It announced its first personal computer in March, several years behind the competition. Result: though Mindset's IBM-compatible machine was well received, it has not found space in dealers' showrooms. Admits President and Co-Founder Roger Badertscher: "It has been a tough summer. We probably picked the worst time to ship a new computer." Mindset laid off its entire 42-person manufacturing staff in mid-July, and is now trying to clear its shelves and come...
...tiny (pop. 550) coastal community of Brooklin, Me. And that is why a sunny summer morning finds them bent together over a building frame, beveling the planks on what will, in another day or two, be an 8-ft.-long dinghy, capable of carrying them for a sail on the waters of nearby Eggemoggin Reach or, later, the lake near their Ozarks home. "I've spent a good part of my life going to school and taking courses," says Kennedy. "But I've never been to a school like this...
Larry Simns, President of the Maryland Waterman's Association, says that declining catches are forcing him and his fellow fishermen out of business. As Tilghman Islander William Roulette points out, "We all must work part-time ashore." The Chesapeake fleet of skipjacks, sail-driven oyster dredges, has dropped from more than 100 boats to 30; the number of working watermen has shrunk from 7,500 in the '50s to about...
...Suddenly the ship, the U.S.S. Catskill, a converted cruiser, heeled over noticeably to starboard, as if pushed by a giant hand. Everything not tied down crashed against the starboard bulkhead. The phenomenon was not repeated, and we suffered no casualties or damages. If the ship had been under full sail, nothing could have kept it from turning turtle...
...strong dollar lifts the price of U.S. exports while imports sail...