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...sure, much of the public-domain software is amateurish or trivial-for example, programs that imitate birdcalls or beep out the William Tell Overture. But there are free, first-rate programs that enable machines to edit documents or keep electronic ledger books for home businesses. Software abounds for such games as chess and blackjack. One program called A.T.C. simulates the challenge of being an air-traffic controller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Software Is for Sharing | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

...program allows students to start from the bottom up" in writing their papers. Bossert said, explaining that the notes can be structured to form the text. The program then allows the user to edit the paper...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Expos to Offer Computerized Program | 12/3/1983 | See Source »

...will use any means to meet his goals, Danton will practically reject the revolution if he can secure passes and prosperity for the common man. Happily, Wajda refuses to interpret Robespierre's section Glacial idealist or self serving demagogue, Wajda won't say. On the other hand, he does edit out some of Danton's flaws, barely mentioning his constant philandering, his willingness to accept bribes, and what may have been a just for power. Indeed, Danton is almost a retelling of the story of Christine Jerusalem, with a triumphal entry into the city a passion a trial with criminals...

Author: By Seth A. Tucker, | Title: Tale of Two Cities | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

...said that "the public reaction to the press is finally getting through, and it may lead to a more humane journalism." Says Publisher James Hoge of the Sun-Times: "Fanning is always asking a series of questions to get your opinion on this or that. Yet she does not edit a paper by public opinion polls, but by her conscience." At gatherings of news executives, Fanning seemingly commands perhaps more attention than any other woman except Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press - : Giving Rebirth to the Monitor | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

...entitled to little information, the public to even less: businessmen had not progressed much beyond William Henry Vanderbilt's "the public be damned" attitude. To get the access it wanted, FORTUNE agreed to show corporations articles in advance, to let them comment and correct errors but not to edit or dictate changes. About 15 years ago, FORTUNE abandoned the practice that New England Business is reviving. "I wish 'em well, but they're opening the doors to problems," says Lewis Young, the editor in chief of Business Week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Allowing Advance Peeks | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

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