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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...entry-level model. The PS/VP, which is compatible with IBM's original PC line, is the company's answer to Dell and Compaq, which both sell machines by mail order as well as through retail channels. The strategy is starting to pay off. IBM expects to ship 1.5 million PCs this quarter, 50% more units than it has ever shipped in any quarter in its history. The shipments include the company's five-year-old PS/2 models as well as its brand-new line of laptops. While its new assertiveness has been praised by analysts, IBM can at best hope...
Kleinfelder, who led her team to the national title two years ago, might seem to be the sole critic in a department known to keep a tight ship. Yet, though many other coaches say the department does fund and treat women's teams adequately, Kleinfelder is not alone in her perception that men's athletics take priority over women's at Harvard...
...with nearly 24 million gal. of North Sea crude, struggling in heavy seas, the Greek-registered vessel foundered on rocks near the entrance to the Spanish port of La Coruna and began leaking from at least two of its nine tanks. As a series of explosions tore through the ship, sinking its bow and adding to the sludgy deluge, rescuers evacuated all of the 29-member crew by helicopter. The accident occurred at almost the exact spot along the northwest shore, nicknamed the "Coast of Death" for its toll on sea traffic over the years, where the tanker Urquiola...
Although there were days when even Desmond Tutu was caught sleeping in class, the courses provided students with valuable pre-and post-port medical, travel, historical and cultural information on each country. There were times when the only studying done on ship was on who scored the most points in the volleyball game, but everything we did was balanced (no, there was no shuffleboard...
Whether we were hang-gliding in Rio, skydiving in South Africa, shopping in Hong Kong or singing karaoke in Japan, we were all caught crying and laughing with our new friends on the ship and the countries we visited. We learned to greet people in many different languages and we learned the responsibility we, as citizens of developed countries, have to lesser developed countries...