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...industry with failing to innovate or serve consumer needs. Finally, in 1981 Osborne decided to produce his own personal computer. A year later the Osborne 1 appeared. Weighing only 24 lbs., it was packaged in a plastic case, could be tucked under an airline seat and carried a price tag of $1,795, including a valuable library of software. The erstwhile heckler had produced the first truly portable business computer...
Livelier preppy reading lies in Items from Our Catalog, a parody of the L. L. Bean mail order guide. The booklet offers such essential items as a Norweigan bulletproof sweater, a deerskin dieter's mask and the state of Maine--price tag $76,000,000 plus $3.20 postage. Lest you fear such outdoorsy materialism is not in the holiday spirit, note that the catalog also offers a down yarmulke and Thinsulite papal vestments...
...performance market by introducing the 760 GLE, with racy options like a turbo-charged diesel engine and leather seats. Its sharply sloping hood and raised trunk make the 760 GLE look more like a new Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera than a Volvo. And with a price tag of as much as $21,500, it will cost several thousand dollars more to purchase than a Cadillac Coupe de Ville...
...under budget. Between March and July, the cost of one system--the Maverick air-to-ground missile--increased by 25 percent. McDonnell-Douglas told the Navy last month that the cost of another new weapon, the F-18 fighter, would increase by a third from its original price tag...
...might guess that when one ventures off to college, the significance of a strong family life may dissipate. Not in Garvey's case--most of his family decided to tag along and enroll in Harvard also...