Word: majority
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shops in the major oil refining center were closed, no morning newspapers were published and Azerbaijan's state-run television was off the air, said Sivinch Abdullayeva, an editor, at Azerinform, the republic's official news agency...
...former merchandising director for Penthouse, Steel rose to production chief at Paramount in 1985. At Columbia she fired a few blanks, notably the $23 million Casualties of War. But she scored major hits with When Harry Met Sally . . . (gross revenues: $92 million) and Ghostbusters II ($112 million), pushing Columbia from last place among the major studios in 1988 to No. 3 last year. Even so, Steel, 43, figured her job was in jeopardy when Sony bought Columbia last September and installed producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairmen. She departs with a pay package said to be worth...
...emphasis on AIDS research is also beginning to draw fire from scientists whose non-AIDS projects have been squeezed for funds. Traditionally, major health efforts have fueled broad basic-research programs. But "AIDS money is targeted," observes Donald Fredrickson, former director of the National Institutes of Health. The narrow focus reduces the chances of spin-off discoveries for other diseases. Says David Korn, dean of the Stanford School of Medicine: "The course of discovery in biology is not linear. When you target money too narrowly, you exclude other areas that may prove to be very fruitful...
...bailout to a group of cable-owning companies (among them Time Inc.), which bought a large share of Turner Broadcasting. His stake in the company has been reduced from 80% of common stock to just over 40%, and for the first time he must get approval for major decisions from a board of directors...
...quartet of major Supreme Court rulings...