Word: ua
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Have you ever run into some nagging problem while using the Science Center basement computers and sought help from a user assistant (UA...
...breathed a sigh of relief. The only other person in the printing room was apparently having some trouble printing her document. I sneaked out of the room and came face to face with the only UA on duty...
While this UA did solve my problem, I think he typified most other UAs: friendly, sympathetic, but often lacking the knowledge necessary to assist people having problems. Ask them anything that's technical (as opposed to asking for a form or a stapler), they nod and keep on smiling, but they are not going to be your White Knight...
...UA: The Sequel...
...Turner's premonition came close to happening: his acquisition of MGM/ UA for $1.4 billion buried him so deeply in debt that he had to be bailed out by a consortium of cable operators (including Time Warner, which owns TIME) that invested $562.5 million in the company in exchange for minority ownership. Turner remained chairman, but he was forced to give cable operators seven seats on the 15-member board and veto power over any decision that would cost the company more than $2 million. It was a major setback for a man who lived by his father's homespun...