Word: turn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because Jeremy wasn't a troublemaker, says Rick, the guidance counselors never noticed him. The more Leslie tried to interest her children in her idea of small-town pastimes--board games in the parlor, gingerbread houses at Christmas--the more Jeremy wanted to dye his hair purple and turn up his stereo. Wilmington is as saturated with pop culture as the next place; Jeremy's interests ran to rap music and cartoon art, and he dropped out during his senior year. Now 20, he has earned a GED and is studying at a local college...
...Woman March of African Americans in Philadelphia with her familiar clenched-fist salute, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was, as usual, center stage on her recent visit to the U.S. But back home last week, the ex-wife of South Africa's President faced a less flattering limelight. It was her turn to go before the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on human-rights violations during the apartheid era, and the testimony there further clouded the reputation of the woman once called Mother of the Nation...
...were the Thais persistently unable to turn out knives, spoons and dishes in the quantities Lam ordered? And why was the money from sales in Europe so much less than might have been expected, given the glowing reports Lam's aides got about buyer reaction? Tim McCarthy, then president of Izabel Lam International, visited Europe in the early 1990s and quickly solved the mystery. The Thais had not only pirated the designs but had also set up their own network of European agents who sold the cutlery and sent the money back to Thailand...
Enter Omnitech. It makes a kit that converts a tank, humvee or even bulldozer to remote-controlled operation. Small boxlike compartments strapped onto the vehicle, each containing an assembly of wires, cables and machined steel parts, turn the steering wheel and work other controls. The "driver" sits up to a mile or so away in front of a panel with one or two joysticks or a steering wheel and a small TV screen, manipulating the vehicle like someone playing a video game. Light vehicles carry gear that pinpoints the location of the mines for later destruction. Alternatively, tanks push heavy...
...will have to travel far to top Trotman, a forward-thinking executive who launched the company on an ambitious global reorganization known as Ford 2000. Ford is a dead cinch to turn in record earnings this year. In the third quarter, profits climbed 64%, to $1.13 billion, and so far through the first nine months of 1997, the automaker has earned more than $5.1 billion on revenues of $112 billion. "Overall, the company is in good shape," says John Casesa, an analyst with Schroder Wertheim in New York City. "The family is happy with what it sees. The company...