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Word: computerizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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At 9:02 came another call, purportedly from Brown-Forman (makers of Jack Daniel's whiskey). A few code words and computer keystrokes later, and $19.7 ( million slid with the smoothness of sipping bourbon from Brown-Forman's account, through the New York computers of Chase Manhattan Bank and into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chairman and His Board | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

The networks too are beginning to go after cable shows. When Cinemax's Max Headroom became a cult hit last season, ABC spirited the computer-created character away and repackaged him in a prime-time (if short-lived) series. The Fox network has picked up Showtime's critically acclaimed comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Heady Days Again for Cable | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

Computer-launched program trading, blamed by many for the severity of the Oct. 19 market meltdown, has become even more controversial in the seven months since the crash. The most widely practiced form of program trading, index arbitrage, has been directly linked to at least two post-crash market plunges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Change in The Program | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

Burke is a good-humored loser. "I lost to the box," he says, as he hands in his scorecard. "If it reaches the point where a computer becomes the world chess champion, I guess that would take some of the fun out of the game. But then I suppose we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Playing Hitech Computer Chess | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

The airlines will have to scramble to disprove the latest doubts, which could weigh heavily on the minds of consumers. Katherine Dallam, a 31-year-old computer-graphics entrepreneur in the Bronx, worries about flying because, among other things, she keeps hearing about "parts falling off the planes." Eastern has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Aircraft Safety: How Safe Is The U.S. Fleet? | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

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