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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prices drop, these devices will become ubiquitous. By 1995 the typical car may contain as many as 50 silicon sensors programmed to control antilock brakes, monitor engine knock and trigger the release of safety air bags. Similar sensors are already employed in the space shuttle Discovery to measure cabin and hydraulic pressures and gauge performance at more than 250 separate points in the craft's main engines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Incredible Shrinking Machine | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...profitable war against an additional foe: pollution. Chanel touts the ability of its new Prevention Serum (price: $50 for 1.35 oz.) to counteract "environmental impurities." Estee Lauder's Skin Defender lotion ($45 for 0.9 oz.) promises to shield against the "onslaught of irritants from pollution." The treatments typically contain sunscreen plus ingredients designed to neutralize so-called free radicals, the highly reactive molecules found in some air pollutants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSMETICS: Smog Screen For the Skin | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...home team trend to continue, Harvard must contain Penn's explosive offensive tandem, as well as produce points. The Quakers must thwart the scrambling tendencies of Perry to come away victorious in Cambridge...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Slumping Quakers to Challenge Gridders Tomorrow | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Asbestos was widely used as an insulator in theUnited States until 1973. Consequently, manybuildings on the Harvard campus still contain thematerial...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: New Harvard Study Says Asbestos More Lethal | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

Franklin's Bible will soon have to compete with a similar product developed by the SelecTronics company of Minneapolis. The SelecTronics Bible, also priced at $299, will contain the New International Version that is favored by conservative Evangelicals. Why the scramble to break into the microchip-Bible market? According to II Timothy 3: 16, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable" for believers. Obviously, computer companies are also hoping to turn a profit from Holy Writ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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