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Word: computerize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sliwa began recruiting in the jungles of the South Bronx among ghetto kids who, in the eyes of the world, are more likely to be criminals than crime fighters. Among the original 13 is Tony Mayo, 18, a black who never knew his father, lost his mother when he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: The Magnificent 13 | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

From a super-secret missile test base at Tyuratam, near the Aral Sea, a Soviet SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile roars from its silo, hurtling its ten warheads 5,000 miles toward a target area in the western Pacific. The heat of the rocket's blast triggers infrared sensors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: If Moscow Cheats at SALT | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

During routine maintenance or refueling of a nuke, lowering a reactor's normal operating temperatures of about 315° C (600° F) is as simple as the binary code of the computer that does most of the work. Control rods are automatically dropped into the fuel core, which in effect douses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Now for Operation Teakettle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Carter's "First Amendment Privacy Protection Act" was part of a larger package of bills proposed or promised last week to protect the privacy of individuals. Individuals would be able to see, and copy, reports about their credit and their character that banks, insurance and loan companies regularly share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Suprises | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

The impetus for modifications in the lottery system stems from recent reports indicating that the lottery is not run entirely by computer.

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: If Your Number Comes Up | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

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