Word: crushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opportunity to compete." One complaint was that companies that sell only hardware or software or maintenance services could not easily win customers because IBM offered the whole package at a single price. For certain customers, such as universities, the suit continued, IBM set unreasonably low prices in order to crush competitors. The suit also charged that IBM had quashed the sales prospects of newly developed rival machines by simply announcing new products of its own-even though production was a long way off. That echoed a Control Data complaint that sales of one new computer model had suffered when...
...damsel of 40 who is wooed and won by a lad nearly half her age, proves that love is a game for all seasons. As a tonic for middle-aged matrons, the play is so potent that Producer David Merrick may have to institute extra matinees to handle the crush...
...damsel of 40 who is wooed and won by a lad nearly half her age, proves that love is a game for all seasons. As a tonic for middle-aged matrons, the play is so potent that Producer David Merrick may have to institute extra matinees to handle the crush...
Half an hour later, the room where the computerized lists are distributed is jammed with a crush of expectancy. Most of the lists are long, some as many as 40 names, and the recipients gather outside to compare. For the remainder of the cruise, the standard opening gambit, repeated hundreds of times, is, "Are you on my list...
...Allen might have been wittier, but it is never less than civilized fun, and Abe Burrows has directed the show with crisp agility. As a tonic for middle-aged matrons, Forty Carats is so potent that canny David Merrick may have to institute extra matinees to handle the crush...