Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...computer cards, they indicated their first, second and third choices for President, their views on the Viet Nam war, and their attitudes toward urban problems. Fed into the UNIVAC 1108's memory bank in Washington, the results were tabulated and analyzed within 15 minutes after the "command" button was pushed on the giant computer, making Eugene McCarthy a happy man (see THE NATION...
...winner--Ronald L. Wallenfang 2L--crossed the finish line in an adjusted time of 38 minutes, 1.9 seconds, riding a standard bike dubbed "The Old Nixon." Seconds after finishing, Wallenfang gasped "I'm sorry I forgot my Nixon button," then recovered his breath and added "I'm glad I won; I can use the new bike...
...executive offices of the Sack Theatres are the final proof of Sack's accession. They are located in the Sack Savoy. To reach them you must take a small, antiquated elevator, with a hand-operated grate and an erratic control button. It climbs slowly, cautiously--rather like the temperamental lift that displayed more personality than Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie. The elevator opens--hopefully--onto a nondescript corridor. You pass a press room, then a secretary's office. The inner sanctum is a large room that, despite its heavy furniture, appears empty. There is an imposing mahogany desk...
...neck, exploded against his lower right jaw, severing his spinal cord and slamming him away from the rail, up against the wall, with hands drawn tautly toward his head. "Oh Lord!" moaned one of his lieutenants as he saw the blood flowing over King's white, button-down shirt...
...least "half the time spent in executive conferences is unproductive," his $650 "Econometer" continually informs conferees of the rising amount of company treasure, in terms of salaries, expended as meetings go on and on. Programmed with the salaries of the participants, the device starts with the push of a button and, on a wall-mounted Scoreboard, flashes a minute-by-minute reckoning of the conference cost. The more and the mightier the brass, Lyngsø explains, "the more power is used, the faster the wheels run and the larger the bill becomes...