Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York trade. But the popularity of crack has expanded the more profitable New York traffic and apparently shattered the deal. One ominous result is that both Robert M. Stutman, head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration office in New York, and Sterling Johnson, New York City's special narcotics prosecutor, say they have learned that the Medellin cartel has hired gunmen to kill them. Says Stutman: "We get very angry at this type of thing...
Persuaded that the critical U.S. semiconductor and computer industries need special help, the Reagan Administration has permitted the formation of two experimental consortiums, Sematech and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC), both based in Austin. Since 1983, 19 major computer manufacturers, including Control Data, Digital Equipment and Honeywell, have pooled advanced research efforts through MCC. More than 70 new advances developed by MCC are now being refined by member firms...
...outsold all other Halloween costumes last year. New Line reports brisk sales for two Nightmare books, five LPs and a board game. You can buy Freddy dolls, the familiar sweater and the signature glove (with plastic finger-knives). He's got his own fan club and MTV special. And come October, a 900 chat line...
...past two Nightmares the tone has turned more facetious, the special effects toward the shoestring spectacular. Freddy now delivers double entendres like a James Bond boogeyman and devises custom-made tortures like the wardens of Room 101 in 1984. But he still represents the thing teens love to hate: Dad. "Freddy is the most ruthless primal father," says Craven. "The adult who wants to slash down the next generation." No keys to the car, Son. And no clean beaches, no safe streets, no safe sex, no noble politicians. Just a zillion-dollar debt for you to pay, and a nuclear...
Senior Correspondents: Mary Cronin, Murray J. Gart (Special Projects); Hays Gorey, Lee Griggs, William McWhirter, J. Madeleine Nash, Edwin M. Reingold, Frederick Ungeheuer, Bruce van Voorst...