Word: displays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...requirement that women friends of students must enter the Houses in groups or not at all is an unwarranted display of paternalism on the part of University Hall, ridiculous in its conception and a nuisance in its effect. The history of Harvard social life during the five years of the House plan gives no excuse for such Pinkerton tactics, while the regulation itself points the finger of suspicion at every young lady who has ever been entertained unchaperoned within Harvard walls...
Seeing old friends is definitely the best part, agreed Robert Little '37, who showed up a day early to arrange a display of his art work at Winthrop where the 50th reunion will register today. "I'm looking forward to seeing all the old goats," he said...
...sail unprotected under the dubious cover of night. Britain keeps only two frigates in gulf waters on a rotating basis, and France, which has four destroyers stationed in the western Indian Ocean, shows the flag from time to time by sending these warships into the gulf to provide a display of "dissuasive presence...
Well, at least impressively intricate. Last week's display -- more evolutionary than revolutionary -- involved the funneling of data on aircraft position, altitude, speed and identification from each of the regional air- traffic control centers to the FAA's Washington headquarters. There the information is merged into a manageable whole by an assembly of Apollo workstations and displayed via custom-designed software on as many as three dozen screens. The objective of the system is to provide centralized management of traffic problems as they may build up at any of the country's 12,500 airports. Cost of the new computer...
...first time, the FAA can view all of the nation' s airways on one display screen. -- A "magician" exploits bank cash machines...