Word: spins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tune. Whether he was fantasizing about a perfect space-based defense or the abolition of ballistic missiles, he was implicitly repudiating the system of deterrence that had kept the nuclear peace for 40 years. No wonder Mikhail Gorbachev looked so good. He took gimmicky American proposals, put his own spin on them, made them the basis of progress -- and then bowed to the ensuing applause. Reagan had his own curtain calls too. It was part of his extraordinary luck that Gorbachev came along to make some of Reagan's more obstinate policies...
Surprisingly, given the relative sizes of the two Crays, some experts voice more concern about the future of Cray Research than they do about Cray Computer. Few doubt that the smaller spin-off firm will be able to raise all the money it needs. As John Sell, president of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center, puts it, "Seymour is magic in this business." Whether Cray Research can flourish without its founding genius remains to be seen. Analysts say that within three to five years it should be clear whether the company has wisely cut its losses or created a killer competitor...
...eliminate so-called display bias. The agency accused the two airlines of rigging their systems so that their flight information received more display- screen prominence than competitors' flights. Richard Murray, who heads Texas Air's reservation network, has been urging the Government to force the major carriers to spin off their reservation systems. Says he: "The only answer is divestiture, because they will always find ways to use the systems as weapons to ground competition...
Karajan and Previn step down, and another spin of the musical merry-go-round begins as the usual suspects are rounded up to fill their posts in Berlin and Los Angeles...
What do Consolidated Cigar and the Richmond Screw Anchor Co. have in common? Both were once owned by the quintessential conglomerate of the 1960s: Gulf & Western. The diverse mix of businesses proved so unmanageable by the early 1980s that G&W Chairman Martin Davis launched a campaign to spin off more than 100 subsidiaries. Last week the company once known as Engulf & Devour said it will sell one of its few remaining divisions, Associates First Capital Corp., a financial services company. Davis hopes to use the estimated $3 billion in proceeds to assemble a world-class media and entertainment giant...