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When Democratic voters choose tomorrow between former U.S. Representative James M. Shannon and former assistant attorney general Jo Ann Shotwell, they not will not necessarily be choosing their next attorney general...
Nobody has ever become a frequent flyer by booking a seat on GPA. For that matter, no passenger has ever eaten a meal served by a GPA flight attendant or checked a bag with the company. Yet Shannon, Ireland-based GPA, formerly known as Guinness Peat Aviation, owns one of the world's largest commercial passenger jet fleets. Instead of flying its planes, which will soon number 187, GPA leases them to some 25 airlines, including Pan American, Qantas and People Express. For cash-strapped carriers, renting a Boeing 737, even at $240,000 a month, is often more affordable...
Still, the Connection Machine has some powerful supporters, among them M.I.T.'s Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in artificial-intelligence research, and Claude Shannon, the father of the statistical theory of information. By last week Hillis' company had taken orders for seven of its new computers, ranging in price from $1 million to $3 million: two each from M.I.T., Perkin-Elmer and DARPA, and one from Yale University...
...Annie is a great team leader and motivator," Coach Maura Costin says. "Shannon is quiet, but high-spirited. Team chemistry was the key, and they complemented each other...
...case of aquawomen Shannon Byrd and Annie Wilson, the opposite proved true...