Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could it happen? After all, the millions of Americans who have bought IBM stock or joined the company as employees were betting on a leviathan, a creature so big it couldn't be threatened. The answer is that while no killer shark is out there attacking this whale, thousands of relentless barracuda are taking bites out of it. Once the pre-eminent force in closet-size mainframe computers, IBM has watched its share of the world market dwindle from nearly 80% to 69%, as rivals like Japan's Fujitsu and Germany's Siemens score large gains with more powerful...
...laser printers and videodisk players. Estimated cost: $4 billion a year. But experts say the impact of all this technology on the basic operation of most classrooms is practically nil. Effective and innovative uses of computers in the classroom can be found, but they are about as rare as whale sightings...
Doubters generally mention money in a disparaging way when the comeback phenomenon is discussed. Certainly there was a Dead Whale on a Flatcar quality when lardy ex-champ Larry Holmes, 41, TKOed unranked opponent Tim ("Doc") Anderson a couple of weeks ago in Florida. Later that night, perhaps to demonstrate unchainable ferocity, Holmes scuffled with fighter Trevor Berbick in a hotel driveway. Cameras running, of course. He got a scrawny $150,000 for the evening and bellyached about...
...other hand, sharks, which evolved before the dinosaurs some 350 million years ago, are of enormous scientific interest and play a vital role in ocean ecology. Ranging from the 0.1-m (6-in.) Caribbean dwarf dog shark to the 18-m (60-ft.) whale shark -- the world's biggest fish -- they boast keen intelligence and some of the sharpest senses in the ocean. Many of the 350 species are capable of hearing a wriggling fish up to a mile away, and most can smell the merest trace of blood in the ocean. The shark's eyes work like night-vision...
Thoughts of Jonah:The Yale Whale, as Ingalls Rink is aptly nicknamed, was not swimming with noise Saturday. Because of a lack of students--enjoying their vacation, no doubt--the capacity crowd was strangely silent, even with the Elis leading, 4-0. Yale still was able to cruise to its fourth staight home victory without the dangerous, rabid fans New Haven is famous for--maybe one of those partisan spectators will bite goaltender Ray Letourneau--who stymied the Crimson--if Harvard and yale meet again in the ECAC playoffs...