Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despite all their high-tech wizardry, stepping machines offer little that a staircase cannot provide. "There is nothing magical about the machines," says Steve Farrell of the Institute for Aerobic Research in Dallas. "You can get the exact same benefit from just climbing stairs in the home or office." And going between floors on foot can be healthier for the bank account...
...high-tech game of cat and mouse, the Justice Department said last week that it had found and triggered the freezing of $60.1 million in bank accounts in five countries that contained the personal income of Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, a leader of the Medellin cartel. Using financial records and computer disks captured by the Colombian government, U.S. agents traced Rodriguez money to accounts in the U.S., Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Britain...
...change of strategy was so sudden and striking that even veteran policymakers were taken aback. After stressing for months how important it was for the U.S. to stay competitive in high technology, the Bush Administration was getting ready to pull the plug on its two most widely publicized high-tech initiatives. According to reports circulating in Washington, the Administration was determined to cut not only the $10 million it had pledged for research into high-definition television, but all federal support -- including $100 million in 1991 -- for Sematech, the Reagan-era industrial consortium designed to catapult the U.S. into...
...Defense departments believe that robust electronics industries are vital to the national security and should be fostered by the Government. But conservatives led by Budget Director Richard Darman argue with equal vehemence that it is counterproductive for the Government to try to "pick winners and losers" in high tech...
...perestroika has only aggravated food shortages and increased public discontent. Robert Ball on business prospects in Eastern Europe. The White House waffles on high-tech funding...