Word: caspers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stanford's plan, approved by President Gerhard Casper and the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, will go into effect February...
...Chief and his advisers. Congress had its own top-secret relocation center buried beneath the Greenbrier, a five-star resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Outfitted with its own Senate and House chambers, as well as a vast hall for joint sessions, the facility was code-named "Casper," and only half a dozen members of Congress knew it existed...
...television debut on ABC's Good Morning America, Casper the talking (and listening) computer was everything one would expect of a digital servant -- friendly, eager to please but slightly hard of hearing. Morning host Joan Lunden, demonstrating Casper's capabilities on an Apple Macintosh computer, was able to persuade the system to program her VCR simply by talking into a microphone -- although she had to repeat "Casper, accept program!" several times before the machine finally got the message. When the technology is perfected, say Apple executives, computers will be able to act on their human masters' every command, whether...
...February 10, Slichter presented a short list of eight names to the Board of Overseers for discussion. In addition to Rudenstine, the list included University of Chicago Provost Gerhard Casper, Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61, Houghton Professor of Chemistry Jeremy R. Knowles, Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder '56 and Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Science Michael B. McElroy...
...month of February passed, the committee was largely believed to be deadlocked on a few final candidates. According to sources close to the process, Casper, Feldstein, Leder and Rudenstine were the top contenders...