Word: bradleys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Comp IV starts things off by thinking of- but not revealing - a number, and its human opponent tries to work out the secret by punching pushbuttons. Milton Bradley Co., which makes the gadget, supplies scratch pads for adults and slow-witted children, but self-respecting eleven-year-olds disdain these. The girl also does not bother with the relatively easy three-and four-digit problems. She plays at the rarefied five-digit level, which means she must hit on one out of a possible 30,240 combinations, and she keeps her notes in her head, the way the computer does...
...dark suspicion that humanity's number may be up). Stores are full of computer games-or, in some cases, are sold out of items like Parker Bros.' Code Name: Sector (up to $50), in which the computer plays the part of a hunted submarine, and Milton Bradley's bleeping, buzzing Electronic Battleship (also up to $50)-and customers trying to buy them. Games are the most important segment of the toy market. Manufacturers are expected to gross some $450 million in 1977, up 10% from the previous year. Last season TV action games of the Pong variety...
Richard J. Bradley, executive director of NEASC, said Ford will assign commission members to the teams that visit colleges. The commission evaluates each New England college every ten years...
...Bradley said he sees no possibility for a conflict of interest between Ford's job as chairman and his position on the Harvard faculty. He said Ford can only hold two one-year terms, expiring before Harvard undergoes its next evaluation...
...sure, the President had defenders among the mayors. Said Moon Landrieu of New Orleans: "The Administration gives out good vibes. It's moving as rapidly as possible." Added Tom Bradley of Los Angeles: "The fact that in ten months the world hasn't been turned upside down should not be disappointing. Things don't happen that fast in Washington...