Word: design
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liner by Arab terrorists, Jonah's sojourn in the belly of the whale, the historic wreck of a French ship and the religious experiences of an American astronaut. The localized pleasures in each chapter -- Barnes is both erudite and witty -- are somewhat diminished by the suspicion that the end design will amount to no more than academic playfulness. There is much to savor in this book and a little to deplore, including the author's determination to indulge himself instead of his readers...
...part of a multi-year plan to expand its faculty, the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has created two professorships in real estate development and architecture, officials announced this week...
Officials said they hope the school's two newest chairs--particularly the professorship in real estate development--will meet students' growing demand for courses in urban design...
...currently employs about 45 full-timeinstructors as well as many visiting part-timepractitioners and designers, all of whom serve inone of the school's three major departments:architecture, landscape architecture and urbanplanning and design, McCue said
Meanwhile, Americans were working on far more valuable computer parts. Using systems called silicon compilers, U.S. engineers have been able to design a vast array of custom chips to suit almost any purpose. These specialized chips can be much more profitable than the commodity chips mass-produced by the Japanese. As more and more instructions are etched onto chips, the balance of power in electronics is shifting from manufacturing prowess, Japan's strength, toward software and design, in which the U.S. excels...