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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks after the Air Force rejected a proposed contract to buy 270 F-20s for $3.5 billion. The Pentagon decided instead to upgrade an equally large fleet of General Dynamics F-16s at a cost of $2.3 million each -- only one-fifth the F-20's $12.8 million price tag...
...never planned to sell itself off -- certainly not to a Canadian real estate company. But last week, after resisting for two months, New York City-based Allied (1985 sales: $4.1 billion) agreed to become a subsidiary of Toronto's comparatively tiny Campeau Corp. (1985 revenues: $155 million). The price tag of $3.6 billion made it the biggest Canadian takeover of a U.S. corporation in history. While Allied executives were a bit stunned, Campeau's chairman, Robert Campeau, was unabashedly delighted. "It's the best deal I've ever made in my life!" he said. "It's a terrific company, everything...
...street musicians performed on everything from steel guitars to glass harmonicas, guests sampled a vegetarian buffet dinner with an optional price tag...
...national research organizations around the world are now spending billions of dollars to harness the new optical technology. The first fruits of their efforts are already apparent in such conveniences as fiber-optic telephone lines, laser printers, hot-selling compact disc players, credit cards bearing holograms, and laser price-tag scanners in supermarkets. Says Thomas Hartwick, head of TRW's Electro-Optics Research Center, near Los Angeles: "Every area that light touches will see technology advance by several generations...
...guts to buy a pair of lizard- skin boots, although I'd like some. It's just too much money to pay. Part of me would like to buy a really nice guitar too, but I know I don't really play well enough. I keep the price tag on my guitar to remind me. It cost...