Word: chip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chip Off the Old Block: Harvard's win over Penn Saturday spoiled the efforts of Quaker Walt Frazier Jr., the hottest player in the Ivy League. The son of the former Knick, who had been stereotyped as the point-guard-who-can't-shoot, has suddenly emerged as one of the finest offensive players in the League...
...great threat is that the redevelopers, because they are spending so much money and seeking to attract blue-chip office tenants in a soon-to-be-glutted market, will make this motley, redolent crossroads orderly and decorous -- that they will make Times Square square. New York City planners, to their credit, have during the past year made an attempt to enforce preservation of some of the area's glittery, hodgepodge character. Today Times Square has 29 "supersigns" composed of 200 miles of neon. The latest rules require that large, bright, animated versions be included on new buildings. A planned Holiday...
Many U.S. record executives prefer a tougher solution. They are urging Congress to force the DAT manufacturers to equip their machines with a computer chip that will block the copying of prerecorded music altogether. But while Congress considers the matter in its usual deliberate fashion, some DAT makers are accelerating their assault on the U.S. market. Their reasoning: if enough Americans buy DAT recorders, Congress will be loath to interfere with how they are used...
More serious than the meet loss is the injury to Turbitt. Nagged for seven years by what was perceived to be a hamstring injury, the hurdler was told recently by doctors that his pain arose from a suspended chip from the base of his pelvis...
...also pondering what action to take. Next month the Senate Banking Committee and the House Telecommunications Subcommittee will conduct hearings on the crash. For one thing, the committees may look into charges that trading in futures contracts based on the Major Market Index, a basket of 20 blue-chip stocks, was manipulated by several major investors on Oct. 20 to trigger an artificial rally in the stock market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigated the accusation and found no evidence of wrongdoing, but the issue will not go away. Says one Senate Banking Committee staffer: "We want...