Word: gadgeteers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fatal accidents have alcohol in their blood. But the device−which is designed to screen drunks by testing judgment, visual acuity, short-term memory and coordinated motor response−will also weed out drug users and those who are mentally or physically deficient. To satisfy the demanding gadget, a driver must be able to read the relatively small lighted numbers, memorize them, recall them, and punch them into the keyboard in a coordinated response within a few seconds. If he can perform these functions he is fit for the road. If he cannot−in three tries...
...says its tactics are based on the non-exclusionary martialling of anti-war sentiment from every segment of American society. They have used the credo "Unity of Action" as an amorphous, all purpose gadget to resolve any contradiction, not unlike Nixon's Silent Majority...