Word: warners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...model. The Soviets generally need about half the time the U.S. needs to get a new tank into service. "The good old U.S. Army," says McChrystal, "is going to put out that IFV with every bit of innovation they can, and it'll be a monster." General Volney Warner, who retired last summer from the Army's readiness command, admits this is a problem: "There is always something coming along tomorrow that we ought to hang on a weapon. So we lose control over the development...
...struggle for the memorial imitated life. Virginia's Senator John Warner and Maryland's Senator Charles Mathias heard distant bugle calls and fought all the way for the monument. Illinois' meddlesome Congressman Henry Hyde carelessly spread misinformation and doubt, impugning the sponsors of the idea. Democratic Presidential Candidate George McGovern, who ran in 1972 and was one of the first and most vehement opponents of the war, rallied behind the campaign. Texan Ross Perot intruded with ideas for bigger and grander edifices and statues. With little fanfare, Nancy Reagan penned thank-you notes to hundreds...
Under the terms of the agreement Celanese Corporation will be able to file for patents under Yale's name if any inventions result from the research the chemical company will get exclusive licensing rights for these patent and give Yale two percent of gross sales as royalties. Joseph S. Warner Yale's director of grant and contract administration said yesterday...
...Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications for $28 million. He stayed on with Warner for a while, but was increasingly uneasy inside the large corporation. When Warner displayed no interest in his idea for a chain of pizza parlors featuring video games, Bushnell stormed out to start Pizza Time Theatre. There are now 85 outlets in five states, where robots named Chuck E. Cheese, Mister Munch and Madame Oink perform vaudeville acts and tell corny jokes to the smell of pizza and the sounds of roaring video games...
...Playboy production people promise more enterprising features for the future, including longer interviews, perhaps even with some political types. However the format is modified, Playboy and Escapade have a strong start on what is expected to be a thriving part of the cable business. Warner Amex already has an adult service as part of its Qube system in Columbus. Penthouse, promising "more provocative, more controversial and much more stimulating material," may be starting up its cable operation this year, and by 1983 Escapade will be re-christened the Playboy Channel. A lot of folks like to watch late-night...