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Word: computerizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most inmates of the state penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., are run-of-the- mill, old-style cons. But a few may have switched to high-tech crime, diverting prison products for profit. When a trailerload of cotton rolled out of the pen, its weight seemed in good order on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi: Snitch a Bale Of Cotton | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Prison authorities are focusing their probe on an embezzler serving a 30- year term. The suspect, a clerk in the prison-industries program, has his own computer terminal. He is also suspected of participating in a scheme to doctor $50,000 worth of money orders.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi: Snitch a Bale Of Cotton | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Cray did not trail for long, however. Last week the company introduced the much ballyhooed Y-MP model. Though it is difficult to compare peak computer speeds accurately, the new Cray, which can perform as many as 4 billion calculations per second, is probably at least as fast as any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPERCOMPUTERS: The Fastest Brain in Town | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

The Dukakis campaign, which all camps described as impeccably well-organized, claimed to have made 250,000 calls to test the preferences of New Hampshire's 145,000 voters. The Dukakis canvassers set out in teams, each armed with a high-lighted section of the Manchester city map and a...

Author: By Flsa C. Arnett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Back in the Driver's Seat: Duke Relishes Pizza, Victory | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

But, still, Information is no substitute for pages of directory listings packed with offices, services and facilities that I, for one, didn't even know existed. Most undergraduates wouldn't dream of asking the operator for facilities ranging from computer assistance to environmental safety that dot the pages of the...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: Telephone Number Madness | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

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