Word: betting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Skow was Reporter-Researcher Peter Ainslie, who has been dueling with arcade machines for three years. "At one place, there are some really serious players," he says. "Not long ago, part of the ceiling fell in, probably because of the vibration of 60 machines going at top volume. I bet most of the players didn't even look up. They thought it was just another special effect." Exposure to Pac Man, Asteroids and Space Invaders produced one adverse reaction. Says Holmes: "In most games and sports, you learn teamwork and how to adjust to the strengths and weaknesses...
Unlike the very successful videotape recorders that are produced by companies like Sony and Panasonic, SelectaVisions cannot copy programs being broadcast, but only play prerecorded discs. Even so, RCA has bet that at $500 a unit, the price would lure buyers away from videotape recorders that can sell for twice as much...
...allow that "we might well have backed the idea-if Francis had come to us with it." But surprise is all in a flanking maneuver. Besides, as one screen writer friend of Coppola's says: "Francis is a genius at manipulating the media, and I'll bet he pulls it off again. Just remember: this isn't the story of a little guy against the system. Francis is the system...
...interview in Harper's magazine, budget director David Stockman declares that excess military spending has destroyed the nation's economy. "Ronald's face may have launched a thousand ships, but it's going to sink us all," he says, adding, "I bet I get no supper for saying this...
...fact, Pittsburgh, a city that has often been maligned, would be a better bet than any of those popular choices. Cleveland would be worth serious consideration. By some counts, Chicago is superior to San Diego as a place to live...