Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...times, beepers were usually worn by doctors on call to answer medical emergencies. Today they are routinely carried by executives, lawyers and journalists. In fact, they are something of a status symbol. Now comes a new twist: an ersatz beeper so that people can beep themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells for $29, while...
...books. Ronald Reagan, conservative and ex-movie actor, became Ronnie le Cowboy in France even before he came to Washington, and that was not a term of endearment. Europeans feel sometimes a snarling and virtually Oedipal discontent with the U.S. And they came to see, presiding over the nuclear button, the fate of the world, this cowboy, this actor of cowboys. The half-awakened image that they had in mind came from the last 30 seconds of Dr. Strangelove: Slim Pickens clutching his cowboy hat, astride the falling H-bomb, whooping it up, riding "cowboy logic" down...
...though I'm sure the story about President Reagan and Ed Meese calling Gorbachev on the hotline after a night on the town and asking him if his refrigerator was running is just a vicious rumor, it's not worth taking the risk. A breathalizer test before pushing the button is the least...
...know the 21 drinking age is the law but I still can't understand. If I'm old enough to get drafted, to be tried as a adult in court, and to see below Madonna's belly button, why can't I drink. It just doesn't seem fair. --Desperately Seeking Logi...
Said Cathy Green '89, "I was asleep. When the alarm rang, I hit the snooze button on my clock, but the sound didn't stop...