Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hold on. Suddenly the doorbell rings, or you want to go to the bathroom. What now? Unfortunately, Stargazer's pause button is still under construction. To stop a movie in midscene, you have to pick up a telephone handset, dial into the Stargazer control center, punch in a series of codes, and wait as long as half a minute for the order to be processed...
...they gravitate to the Warner Studio Stores. At a Warner outlet a few steps from the Disney emporium in Atlanta's Lenox Square shopping complex, the place is crawling with twentysomethings. At the back of the store, children can climb into Marvin's Rocket Ride and take a push-button blast through the solar system; but kids are scarce here: 85% of the customers are adults. Heather Bamberg, 24, forages until she finds a gift for her godchild: a cap with the Tasmanian Devil logo. More often, though, Bamberg shops for herself. "The themes here remind me of my childhood...
Perhaps he could hear me thinking, because he sure pushed the right button. I agreed to do the story on the spot...
...away from the cynicism in our business." More typical testimony came from Rita Landem, a real estate sales manager: "People are hungry for ways to improve. I go to one of these motivational seminars at least once a year. It's a way of pressing my reset button...
During the speech, Draisen emphasized his experience in the state legislature and discussed the year's two hot-button issues: crime and health care reform...