Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nonetheless, the poll also shows continuing and widespread lay dissent on the hot-button issues that affect women, including birth control, divorce, female priests and, to some extent, abortion. Although women favor allowing married priests, they are divided over whether this change would make male clergy more understanding toward women's concerns...
When he describes his plan for taking the pulse of the people, Perot seems to assume that viewers will have access to some sort of interactive television network. Such a system would allow couch spuds to register their opinions simply by pressing a button on a keyboard or remote control. Unfortunately, interactive television does not yet exist -- except in a handful of small pilot projects -- and it has not been determined who will provide the service when it does arrive...
Winer recounts his frustration at watching a Coffee Connection employee search frantically for the button to make a "long" espresso...
...high-pitched signal lets you know when Junior has wandered more than 35 feet away. If he's not in sight, just push a button and activate the child's homing device. Next: TeenFence, an invisible electronic barrier that keeps teenage daughters in and teenage suitors...
Voyager's software displays the text on clean white pages that replicate the design of the hardback rather than using the scrolling strings of text so familiar to computer users. A touch of a button turns the page or allows the reader to flip back and forth. Users can dog-ear the corner of a page to mark their place, or attach an electronic paper clip for easy reference. Passages can be underscored or marked on the side, and there are generous margins for putting down notes...