Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Experts warn that such grandiose projects involve heavy risks. "Without doubt, a high-tech military industry can generate economic growth," says Stephanie Neuman, a Columbia University political scientist. "But a nation must not only want to invest. It must be able to afford it as well...
...results have apparently disturbed the networks. People-meter ratings have turned out to be as much as 10% lower than the traditional readings. Some - broadcast executives believe younger viewers record their habits more faithfully on the new meters, while older people who are not comfortable with high-tech gadgets ignore them. CBS complains that Nielsen's people-meter sample is skewed disproportionately to families with cable, who watch less network...
Although he hailed from California, the Mecca of high-tech entrepreneurship, he made his mark not in silicon chips or spliced genes but in the mundane business of steam cleaning carpets and draperies. Nonetheless, Barry Minkow was touted as a genuine hero of the '80s -- a cocky, self-made overachiever who at age 15 started a garage-shop carpet-cleaning operation called ZZZZ Best (pronounced zeee best) and within six years built it into a $200 million empire. He was a millionaire at 18, and by the time he turned 21 last March, he was the darling of Wall Street...
...find relief at their local telephone-equipment stores, where they have enjoyed a remarkable bounty. Since the breakup, the number of telephone makers selling to the U.S. market has jumped from 25 to more than 200, which has vastly improved the range of prices, styles and capabilities. The high-tech scramble has produced phones with such space-age functions as voice-activated dialing and message machines...
...piece of machinery worth several thousand dollars can successfully penetrate a defense system costing billions of dollars ((WORLD, June 15)), young Mathias Rust of West Germany has opened a new chapter in military history. The tragedy of the U.S.S. Stark and Rust's daring flight prove that our high-tech weapons systems cannot be relied on. Why buy Star Wars when all it takes is a simple Cessna...