Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Richard Witt, 35, chief of advanced development for Raytheon's communication and data-processing operation. "Rather, we have duplicated the human learning process-experience, trial and error, correlation of new facts with past experience." The Cybertron K-ioo gets some outside help: it is equipped with a "goof button," which a human tutor presses whenever the machine makes a mistake. Accepting this advice stolidly, the Cybertron thereafter does not repeat the error...
...different type faces supplied by IBM. Typing ribbons come in plastic cartridges that snap into place and do not have to be threaded on reels by the typist. Paper is inserted by being placed against the roller, which automatically feeds it into the machine with the pressing of a button. The Selectric comes in two sizes, an 11-in. model and a 15½-in. model. Prices: $395 and $445. Present IBM machines currently sell...
Bright Sun, Black Sky. At T minus 3, the "cherry picker" escape crane drew slowly away from the capsule. Away snapped the umbilical cord that had supplied oxygen, power and communication. The rocket was on its own. As it waited for the starter's button, a cloud of white vapor from the liquid oxygen spread like a puddle over its pad. The crowd fell silent. Exactly at T, the rocket roared, rose off the ground and, standing on its tail of flame, climbed smoothly into...
...very low-slung slacks combined with a bolero. The slacks are ankle-tight around the hips and finger-tight around the ankles. They start below the waistline, and thus have earned a special euphemism among English-speaking tourists: the BB look, not for Brigitte Bardot, but for belly button...
...properly sentimental tale about two Virginia youngsters who long to own a wild pony; and The Parent Trap, a movie whose plot should make it thoroughly emetic-it concerns cute identical twins who try to kid their divorced parents into remarrying-but which is consistently delightful, thanks to its button-nosed star, Hayley Mills. Also recommended...