Word: backpacker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...likes a little postmodern color as much as the next person, but not when it means endangering our wrists. It won't be too long before someone figures out that typing on a keyboard the size of a napkin while standing in front of a terminal carrying a hefty backpack can't be good for the nervous system...
...khaki safari suit gets out. The woman reaches inside her bra and draws out a twist of dirty cloth. Inside the wrapping are five diamonds of varying sizes. The man brings out an eyeglass and inspects them carefully. He reaches into his truck and pulls out a well-worn backpack. It appears to be full of U.S. dollars. He counts out several thousand dollars and hands them to the woman. "There will be more," the woman tells him as he prepares to drive away. "Maybe next week...
Sometime between midnight and 4:30 a.m. yesterday, an unlocked suite in the Yard dorm was burglarized of cash, credit cards, a Harvard ID and a backpack...
Julie D. Rosenberg '03 noticed yesterday morning that her backpack was missing, and her roommates noticed that their wallets were missing...
...Carried by its long fold-out handle, the iBook could be a sleek, flat fourth-grader's lunch-box. It is a laptop with a sense of humor--almost ridiculous in its rejection of more serious stereotypes of computer. Designed to live in someone's backpack, it can be handled with relative impunity. Colored like a pre-school toy, it can be considered with a modicum of flippancy and easy camaraderie...