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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even though other systems have been available, IBM is so dominant in computers that many potential customers delayed making decisions on new equipment until they saw its network. In fact, many experts think such delays have contributed to the current computer-industry sales slump. Says Skip Bushee, director of research for Silicon Valley's InfoCorp: "Without seeing the standard from IBM, the industry was confused. This should enhance sales for everyone." The market for computer-network gear is expected to zoom from the current $300 million annually to as much as $6 billion by the end of the decade...
...limited laboratory space and equipment, he can now assign individual research projects to 1,200 introductory-psych students a year. History Professor Eric Brose discovered that by displaying on a Mac the political boundaries and disarmament terms established by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, he was able to skip his usual map lecture and concentrate on the underlying causes of World War II. "I tell them to do the exercises at home," he says. "And when we come to class we discuss what might have been, or whether the French point of view was more realistic than the American...
...Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Moscow in May, Gorbachev appeared in person at the door of Gandhi's Kremlin apartment ten minutes before they were to begin talks in another part of the Kremlin. He threw an arm around Gandhi and said, "Spring is here. I suggest we skip the limousines and walk to our meeting. You and I can take care of the protocol boys." The two later signed economic agreements providing an immediate Soviet credit of $1.2 billion to India and paving the way for scientific and technical cooperation through the year...
...Dunster St. (in the Garage) is another salad-bar type place that also serves up pizza and other entrees. But you can skip the overpriced, overrated brunch. Upstairs at the Casablanca (40 Brattle St.) offers some veal and chicken dishes at upper range prices. The Greenhouse (3 Brattle St.) is fine but a bit overpriced...
...similarly engaged is believed to be considerably lower) and has actually spent as much on defensive as on offensive missile development for more than 20 years. A recent Pentagon publication goes so far as to claim that "with high priority and some significant risk of failure, the Soviets could skip some testing steps and be ready to deploy a ground- based laser BMD (ballistic missile defense) by the early-to-mid-1990s." That seems alarmist; the Pentagon itself describes the Soviets as being about equal to the U.S. in laser technology...