When the trailing ant fell behind by more than the length of its antennas, it would accelerate and the leading ant would decelerate until the ideal amount of separation was regained.
On Monday, Iran notified atomic inspectors in Vienna that it would accelerate its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent from its previous levels of roughly 4 percent.
* Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, said it would accelerate its exploration program in Ecuador after a promising discovery earlier this year in the Ecuadorean jungle.
The Supreme Court of Canada said on Monday that it would accelerate its process to consider Bell Canada's appeal of a court decision that withdrew approval for a $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of the company last week.
Citing expectations of higher revenue and reduced spending, the Eastman Kodak Company said yesterday that it would accelerate its stock repurchase program, buying as much as $1.2 billion in stock by the end of the year.
The Union Pacific Corporation said yesterday that it would accelerate its previously announced management transition, making Drew Lewis president and chief operating officer of the parent company on Nov. 1, five months ahead of schedule.
The company said Thursday that it would accelerate its plans to open more Neighborhood Market and Wal-Mart Exprestoresrestores
Meanwhile, local telephone company SBC Communications Inc. has said it would accelerate its job cuts, mostly through attrition.
The credibility of the Iranian claim that it would accelerate production of its most concentrated uranium fuel, which is enriched to 20 percent purity, was difficult to assess.
In recent weeks, North Korea has boasted of its nuclear program and said it would accelerate it if the United States did not agree to a package of aid, recognition and security guarantees for the country.
Wall Street seemed heartened by the company's acknowledgment that it needed to recalibrate its device business, perhaps anticipating that it would accelerate a breakup of the device and retail units.
