Word: whiz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...theory went like this: as the price of whiz-bang computers falls, demand will rise even faster. Looks like the theory was actually right. By autumn PC makers from Compaq to Hewlett-Packard to IBM were offering robust multimedia machines for less than $1,000--and nearly a third of all new PCs sold fell into that range...
...form they came out with in January" and "There's a form to fill out for that--I believe it's 83-79." Through the fog, Costa began to see his options: "So if I got divorced it would be a different matter? For $30,000? Gee whiz..." Except for one foolish moment when Costa, swept away by all the goodwill, asked if he could have some coffee (Salinger: "Uh, no"), it all went pretty well. In the end, of course, Costa still owed $29,291, but he felt better about...
Sony didn't need a techno-whiz, it needed a global manager who could master the ever increasing complexity of the digital marketplace. "Right now, you don't need to be an engineer," says Ohga. "You have to have a nose, and if you don't, you can't run a company like Sony...
...nice note and a bottle of champagne from President [Derek C.] Bok. [He said] it was going to raise my salary a little bit," he said. "The general reaction probably is one of surprise. People said, 'Gee whiz, they gave it to that...
DIED. RICHIE ASHBURN, 70, a.k.a. Whitey, wisecracking baseball Hall of Famer who flayed the competition at the bat and on the mike; of a heart attack; in New York City. A Philly Whiz Kid in the 1950s, Ashburn was a sight in the outfield--a blond streak of pure energy. He won two batting titles, tied a major league record in putouts and later, as a Philadelphia commentator, set another in putdowns as he groused at umpires in his broad Nebraska twang...