Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seven-Ton Solution. Atlanta's plan was painstakingly evolved over a three-year period by teachers, principals and administrators. When the principals' committee met for six weeks last summer to develop the complex new schedules and curriculum guide, it used up more than seven tons of paper. So...
On command from its computer, Mariner 6's electronic gear poured out an endless stream of data from the red planet-information about the density and composition of its atmosphere and its varying surface temperatures. On board the ungainly, 850-lb. ship, whose four solar panels gave it the...
Both probes worked at incredibly high speeds. Once the Martian image was captured by their video equipment, it was rapidly translated into electronic signals of varying intensity representing 64 shades of light and dark. Those impulses, in turn, were beamed to earth in the binary language of the computer. To...
Sour Tips. Quite a few investors protest too much. "I'm wiped out, man," says Larry Thomas, 26, an Atlanta insurance agent. In fact, he has a profit. The computer stock that he bought at 12 on a tip from a friend now sells at about 141, and his...
For others, the losses are all too genuine. A Portland, Ore., printer borrowed heavily to buy a new issue of a computer manufacturer at 5. When the stock dropped to 21, his loan was called, forcing him to sell. Altogether, he lost about half of his $2,000 investment. Sylvan...