Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look back. Something might be gaining on you." That old admonition from Baseball Great Satchel Paige is taking on special meaning these days for IBM. Beset by rivals and mired in an industry-wide slump, Big Blue in 1986 has had a year it would rather forget. Even as the firm proudly announced its new line of System 9370 business computers last week, there was speculation on Wall Street that its net income may be down again this year. Profits had already dipped .4% in 1985, to $6.6 billion. The nervousness pushed IBM stock down from 133?...
...Zenith, a relative newcomer to the industry. In April IBM abandoned the retail computer business, selling 81 stores to NYNEX, the New York-based regional telephone company. The shops had sluggish sales in part because they offered only IBM machines, while competitors stocked a wide range of models...
...Green's Jen Nichols fed Gates deep in Harvard territory, and Gates was virtually wide open for a low shot past Whitley. Scalise said the Crimson "stopped playing" because it anticipated an offsides call...
Harvard was looking to blow the set wide-open, but the Red fought back to tie the set at nine. After a successful team block by Maia Forman and Jodi Cassell, the Crimson pulled ahead...
...Senior wide receiver Joe Connolly turned in the best effort of his Harvard career last Saturday against the Big Red when he hauled in seven passes for 115 yards--including a 41-yd. reception from Yohe late in the game...