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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...limited, and titles like It Came from Outer Space and Friday the 13th Part 3 have not improved with age. Imax Systems has installed a 3-D theater in Vancouver and has plans to build two more, in Galveston, Texas, and Taiwan, but there are no plans yet to put them in typical suburban malls. Moreover, as glorious as the new technology may seem today, it is likely to be perceived by an increasingly jaded public as just another gimmick. "People get used to things so fast," says Imax's Kroitor. "After a while they ask, 'Where...
...romantic picture TV has often painted of it. Was Dad once a pillar of wisdom and understanding? In the new shows he is either a slob or an oaf. Did Mom used to be the nurturing guardian of home and hearth? Now if she even knows how to put a roast in the oven, she could sear it with her sarcasm. TV kids have always been mischievous, but now they are bratty and disrespectful as well. Standards of decorum have gone out the window too: Dad burps out loud at the dinner table; a kid snaps photos...
...that often weighed little more than the men and women who built them. But big was better as the space age progressed. The largest satellites today tip the scales at 15 tons, cost hundreds of millions of dollars and are roughly the size of Mack trucks. They must be put into orbit by giant rockets or space shuttles...
...defense contractor from its financial troubles. And on May 7, shareholders of USX (formerly U.S. Steel) will vote on raider Carl Icahn's proposal to get out of the steel business once and for all. Icahn had threatened an all-out proxy fight if the matter were not put to a vote. Already 18 major proxy battles have been launched so far this year, up from only a handful last year...
...testifying, as if to say, "John, did that answer help you?" Indirectly accusing Reagan of dissembling in a TV speech claiming there had been no trade of arms for hostages in the 1985-86 weapons sales to Iran, Webb said Poindexter had destroyed a presidential finding precisely because it "put the lie" to Reagan's declaration. Attacking the credibility of a popular President was a risky tactic, but it worked...