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- Dec. 05, 1994: Resigned:Akio Morita
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
- Dec. 05, 1994 50 for the Future
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 29
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- <p> RESIGNED. AKIO MORITA, 73, co-founder and chairman of electronics
- giant Sony Corp.; a year after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage;
- in Tokyo. Among Morita's triumphs: the development of the Walkman
- personal stereo and the compact-disc player. His biggest flop:
- the Betamax standard for video recorders, which despite its
- superior technical capabilities, was trounced by the more economical
- VHS format from Sony's competitors.
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