Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...upper house will be more fragmented as a result of the election. The Communists gained two seats, raising their strength to 14, while the moderate Buddhist-backed Komeito Party broke even with 27. Most surprising of all, a clutch of single-issue parties that sprang up especially for this election won representation. The Salaried Workers Party, which called for lower taxes, took two seats, while the Welfare Party, which opposed cuts in social services...
Years later a Univac executive would lament, "It doesn't do much good to build a better mousetrap if the other guy selling mousetraps has five times as many salesmen." The Univac episode helped give rise to the belief that IBM's real strength is in selling while its technical prowess often lags. Says Kenneth Leavitt, president of CGX Corp., a Massachusetts-based maker of high-performance display terminals: "IBM tends to be a step behind in technology but very good at marketing...
...uses in addition to a standard one. He receives visitors with a correctness that is so smooth it can be mistaken for real easiness. But Board Member William Coleman, a Secretary of Transportation in the Ford Administration and now a Washington lawyer, says Opel is noted more for his strength than for his charm. Says Coleman: "He's tough. You can tell instantly when you're rubbing him the wrong way or when you've stayed beyond your time...
This recipe could hardly be less like the ideal clarity and openness of traditional American abstract painting. It sounds like a terrible mess, but it does not cook out that way, for two reasons. The first is the strength of Alexander's imagery; the second, his formal control. Since most neoexpressionist painting is given to conventional signs for intensity but lacks formal rigor (a gut pile without shape), Alexander's work repays inspection...
...collapse of his world. Through Alexander we watch the movements of the rest of his family, particularly his grandmother (Guna Waugrea), who embodies the wisdom and vision of a true matriarch. An aging actress, she controls her family and tries to face her own mortality and loss of physical strength...