Word: seenes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cray-3 was to be his most impressive to date. People who have seen prototypes describe it as a technological tour de force. To minimize the distance electrons have to move within its components, Cray is squeezing chips capable of 16 billion calculations per second into a tight octagonal package 32 in. across, the size of a small coffee table. The computer's basic building blocks are 4-in. by 4-in. modules each bejeweled with 1,024 chips and threaded with more than a million interconnects of braided gold wire thinner than a hair...
...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 by trading away its most valuable asset...
...when transit workers decided to back the striking students and shut down the power supply. "The people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes with police and troops. On one side of Beijing, flatbed trucks were seen filled with soldiers armed with AK-47 assault rifles. As military helicopters, a rare sight in the city, swooped overhead, people below looked up and shook their fists. Any attempt to disperse the crowds and end the demonstrations would seem to require massive firepower. The protesters waited, one minute hoping...
Meantime, former Speaker Tip O'Neill was seen jetting into the capital, rumored to have been summoned by distressed old-line Democrats who were profoundly concerned that the scandals were gravely hurting the House and shaming the Democratic Party across the nation. One unconfirmed story had it that O'Neill, who disappeared as mysteriously as he came, had fingered the entire top Democratic leadership of the House as damaged goods who should be replaced by fresh men such as Indiana's Lee Hamilton and Missouri's Dick Gephardt...
...That's a strong condemnation. Complicity suggests that these conditions are seen...