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...Jobs understood before anyone else the key to transforming the computer from a geek's expensive toy into a household appliance. Instead of writing commands in computerese, Macintosh owners used a mouse to point and click on easily identifiable icons on the screen--a trash can and a file folder. Jobs also paired the laser printer with the computer, thus sparking the desktop-publishing revolution. "We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," laughs Jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEVE'S JOB: RESTART APPLE | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

Sitting a few weeks ago at a table in the librarian's office in the front corner of Widener Library, Harvard College Librarian Nancy Cline pulls out a piece of delicate, yellowing paper from a folder containing presentation materials she uses when pitching the library's preservation needs. The sheet was taken from one of the library's thousands of works from the 19th century...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Humidity Decaying Widener's Volumes | 3/7/1997 | See Source »

...Signs of tensions could also be perceived in [Radcliffe President Linda S.] Wilson's conduct during the undergraduates' address. While the president listened intently to all non-student speeches, she ignored [Megan L.] Peimer '97 and [Corinne E.] Funk '97 as they spoke, instead reading the contents of a folder she carried on-stage with her, observers said." Readers wondered if "unnamed observers" was really code for "Crimson reporter trying to stir up trouble...

Author: By Shawn Zeller, | Title: READER REPRESENTATIVE | 9/20/1996 | See Source »

While the president listened intently to all non-student speeches, she ignored Peimer and Funk as they spoke, instead reading the contents of a folder she carried on-stage with her, observers said...

Author: By Justin D. Lerer, | Title: Radcliffe Convocation Draws 300 | 9/17/1996 | See Source »

...surprisingly strong third-place finish and Boris Yeltsin came in first. In Yeltsin's office that day, Lebed, 46, a hero in a dark business suit, perched stiffly on the edge of an ornate chair. With a flourish, Yeltsin signed a decree, tucked it into a green cardboard folder and handed it to the general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RISE OF THE GENERAL | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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