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...Ciskei -- are collectively known in South Africa as the TVBC states. Their sovereignty is recognized by no one apart from South Africa and other homeland ; states. That limited diplomatic visibility, however, has not prevented some of them from succumbing to banana-republic political and financial excesses on a world-class scale -- including the imposition of one-party rule, nepotism, official corruption and wildly extravagant spending...
...field of fine arts, the world-class music research center in the lab has already produced the Synthetic Performer, a computerized piano-playing accompanist. The system not only plays along with soloists but also adapts to changes in their tempo and cadence without losing a beat. The project is part of an ongoing effort to explore the mysteries of harmony and composition by teaching music appreciation to computers...
Ordinarily it takes decades to build an industrial behemoth on the scale of General Electric, West Germany's Siemens or Japan's Hitachi, but last week a world-class electrical-engineering giant was born practically overnight. In a surprise strategic move, two smaller European competitors -- Switzerland's Brown, Boveri and Sweden's ASEA -- announced a plan to merge their main operating divisions into a joint venture that would boast annual sales of more than $15 billion and employ some 160,000 workers. The new ASEA Brown Boveri should be a potent competitor in the global market for heavy electrical products...
...years, though, Weizman has become a leading opponent of the plane. Says he: "It is too costly, comes too late and at the expense of more important objectives." Today the aircraft represents the perils that a small, defense-minded country can confront when it sets out to produce a world-class warplane...
Look out, Texas Air and American! Fasten your seat belts, TWA and Delta! The old United Airlines is aiming to make a comeback -- under new leadership. And forget about that weird name Allegis, which Builder Donald Trump said was "better suited to the next world-class disease." The new chairman plans to scuttle that moniker, along with the company's dubious strategy of being a sprawling travel conglomerate that rents cars and runs hotels. From now on, United will concentrate on the airline business, this time with its pilots eyeing roles in the boardroom as well as in the cockpit...