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Word: computerizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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California's Silicon Valley, home of many of the nation's newest high-tech companies, boasts a far cleaner image, but its workers face perils as well. In semiconductor plants, where a single speck of dust can destroy a computer chip, employees must don gloves, caps, gowns and shoe covers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood, Sweat And Fears | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Many Floridians are planning to do just that. Thousands have signed up for firearms courses, a requirement for the concealed-weapons permit, and business is brisk at shooting ranges around the state. At the Tamiami Range and Gun Shops in Miami, classes have been booked solid since early June. "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pistol Packers | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Six key SDI-related systems will be evaluated: three are intended to track and monitor Soviet ICBM launches, two would fire interceptors to destroy the attacking missiles, and one is a "battle-management" computer for coordinating the entire space- and ground-based program. Using computer simulation, test models and flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stage Two for Star Wars | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

! When Mitch Kapor, 36, the computer-software wunderkind, resigned as chairman of Lotus Development Corp. last year, he said he was leaving to "explore other endeavors." So what has the former disk jockey and transcendental- meditation instructor come up with for an encore? Opening a delicatessen only a matzoh ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTREPRENEURS: Lox on a Floppy Disk, to Go | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Even in the computer industry, which is known for its hype and hullabaloo, the trade show that Digital Equipment Corp. opened in Boston last week is a happening. It is the largest and most lavish extravaganza ever held by a single computer manufacturer, and not even all the hotels in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Do: DEC, a hot firm, aims at IBM | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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