Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chips that serve as the brains of computers. It was a gutsy move, since microprocessors are harder to make and require far more research and development than the mass-produced memory chips that Japanese firms have been turning out at prices Intel could not match. But the timing was spectacular and the results self-evident. CEO Andrew Grove's advice to companies eager to emulate that success: "You have to understand what it is that you are better at than anybody else and mercilessly focus your efforts...
Ponomarenko, trained at the famous Vaganova Institute in St. Petersburg, was a spectacular Giselle. Technically flawless and undaunted by her emotionally exhausting role, Ponomarenko slid from artless innocence to rapturous love and painful disillusion with astounding authenticity and poignency...
Many of these flaws were partially overcome by the spectacular scenery, designed by Gianni Quaranta. Act I transpires before the backdrop of elaborate, orangeish, interlaced trees set against a vibrant blue sky; traditional German houses and a grape arbor complete the dramatic set. Act II begins with dry ice sweeping over the stage which, far from disappearing, is contained by a filmy curtain to create the illusion of snow...
...keep the looted art in Russia as "reparations." Theft is theft. But there may be capital to be made from letting go. Is it too hard to imagine an accord between Germany and Russia through which the mutual return of the loot was preceded by a series of spectacular international exhibitions...
...Woolsey regarding the most damaging security lapse in the agency's history: the breach that let Aldrich Ames compromise dozens of cia operations and fatally unmask key U.S. agents behind the Iron Curtain. Nonetheless, Woolsey announced that no one would be dismissed or demoted as a result of the spectacular fiasco; 11 current and retired officials will get only reprimands. The wrist slap triggered an outburst of congressional anger, including one suggestion that the CIA chief step down. It also added momentum to a congressional move to subject the CIA to a sweeping reassessment...