Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...LAST KINGS OF THULE by Jean Malaurie Translated by Adrienne Foulke Button; 489 pages...
...heard as the button is pushed...
...through satire as the show continues. We want to "assault, but not alienate the audience, to make them understand our concern," Clarke says. But he continues, "I hope there's a lot that bothers the audience. We don't want it sugarcoated... One of our cast members wears a button that says 'We are an angry, loving people. "That's very true...
...computer console. Using the small video terminal that has been provided by the state-owned French telephone company, she punches a few keys and then taps out the words DISCOS-RENNES. Seconds later the names, addresses and telephone numbers flash on the screen. She then hits another button and an illustrated advertisement appears on the screen. It reads: "Pym's American Bar, dancing nightly, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., all year round." Voil...
...find a mechanic to fix the family car, he just types in the make of his auto and his address. The machine will then provide the name and location of the nearest garage servicing that model. To speak to a friend in America, the customer presses another button and the screen shows a map of the world marked with the costs and dialing procedures for the different countries. The telephone computer can find a name even if it is not being spelled correctly. Given the phonetic spelling of a name, the computer provides the phone numbers and addresses...