Word: bulletin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week began peacefully enough in Manila. The government had purposely avoided head-on confrontation with opposition demonstrators and had even tried to steal some of their thunder by staging a rally of its own in Makati, Metro Manila's financial district. A special bulletin signed by the vice governor of the Metropolitan Manila Commission (Imelda Marcos, the President's powerful, unpopular wife, is the governor) was distributed to commission employees. "Attendance is a must," it decreed. "Record of attendance must be submitted to personnel management .. . Do not wear uniforms...
...looking for a mindless job," he recalls. "I went over to Holyoke Center and on this bulletin board was a sign which read 'President Bok is looking...
...equipment necessary to play the game can cost less than $300 or more than $5,000 for a deluxe system that combines computer, modem, printer and disc drives. Once the machinery is installed and the modem plugged in, there are hundreds of computer networks accessible by phone, from bulletin boards geared to specific machines to on-line dating services that anyone can join. The most popular pay-for-connect-time utilities, like The Source (40,000 subscribers) and Compu Serve (70,000), advertise in newspapers and computer magazines. These commercial operations offer their subscribers news, horoscopes, games and travel tips...
...appointed system operator (Sysop), who donates his equipment and services out of enthusiasm for this new form of communication. Some, such as Miami Big Apple, TRADE-80 and AMIS (Atari Message and Information System), are for owners of particular computers, offering them a place to trade hardware. The Aviators Bulletin Board (pilots) in Northern California and HEX (handicapped) in Maryland are forums for special groups that want to share experiences...
...bulletin from Manila scored a clear beat for United Press International: Correspondent Max Vanzi, who was on the scene, was thus able to report 3½ hours ahead of his Associated Press rivals, who depended on government spokesmen, that Philippine Politician Benigno Aquino had been shot down moments after returning from exile. Yet when the declarative U.P.I, report and a hedged, uncertain A.P. bulletin came over the wire to the Washington Post shortly after 2 a.m. two weeks ago, editors decided to play it safe and put into their final edition a story saying only that Aquino had been arrested...