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Analysts viewed all these events as proof that the once glamorous computer industry is in a serious skid. "This is not a slowdown," said Esther Dyson, editor of the trade journal Computer Industry Daily. "This is an old- fashioned, dog-eat-dog shake-out. Before it's over, there's going to be a lot of red ink and some casualties. It's not going to be a pretty sight." The industry is still growing, to be sure, but at a dramatically reduced rate. It will show an estimated 23% gain this year, in contrast to a 56% increase...
...current shake-out continues, the strongest manufacturers will naturally survive at the expense of weaker ones. The experts' unsurprising choice for the company most likely to succeed? IBM. Says Anderson: "It is becoming increasingly apparent that there are two types of computer companies, the haves and havenots. The haves? IBM. The have-nots? Everybody else...
...forays back into the border area, is now virtually complete) and international condemnation of the U.S. and Israel. In a broader sense, the Shi'ites of Lebanon, newly radicalized by the violence that has plagued their country, particularly since the Israeli invasion of June 1982, are seeking a fairer shake after generations of neglect and discrimination by Lebanon's wealthier and more powerful Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims. Beyond all that, the Shi'ite fanatical fringe, inspired by the example of the Iranian revolution, wants to destroy the last vestiges of Western "decadence" in the Islamic world, particularly the presence...
...lost three elections in a row," says Russell's oldest friend Ed Goode. "When you lose three times like that, you get the idea. But not Lenny. We'd shake hands and pound the pavement harder...
General Motors Chairman Roger Bonham Smith, who turns 60 next month, does not look as if he would shake apples from a tree, let alone the entire trunk and limb structure of the world's largest automaker. He is moderate in build (5 ft. 9 in.) and pale of mien. He used to speak in a squeaky voice when excited, but he conquered it by forcing himself to take short breaths in midsentence. Smith can walk the floors of auto shows unrecognized, while customers and dealers flock to see his better-known rival, Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca...