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...Mountain Group these firms operate heavily guarded bunkers and caves across the country where magnetic tape can be stored safe from fire, flood or theft. For fees that run to more than $10,000 each month these and similar companies have "hot sites" where computers compatible with your own hum day and night--standing by in the case of an emergency. For smaller fees "shells" empty rooms fitted with telephone and electrical connections, can host a replacement computer that you procure and provide a temporary base of operations while you refit your headquarters...
After managing the slowdown so successfully, the government now feels it has the latitude to increase spending next year by 10%. Board Member Suh Sang Mok, vice president of the Korea Development Institute, predicted that growth will hum along at a 7.3% pace in 1985 and that prices will rise only 2.5%. Said he: "I think our very low inflation rate is becoming more or less permanent...
...Swimmers don't have anyone to commune with except themselves," Naber said. "Nothing but the rush of water by their ears, hour after hour in practice. Many of them sing to themselves to pass the time. I used to hum Smoke on the Water. Divers, on the other hand, stand around in the open air. They preen a lot, very conscious of their bodies because they're judged on their looks. They're like high-fashion models. They spend a lot of time gabbing at each other in Jacuzzis...
Another unusual feature, which should make the machine highly useful in a dorm, is the Macintosh's lack of fan noise. The annoying hum prevalent in many small computers--not to mention the commonplace Smith-Corona--has been designed away. The Macintosh cools itself...
Remember the humble office calendar? It was just a ho-hum piece of desk equipment, a chintzy plastic tray with 365 nondescript pages on it. But now it is being replaced by the posh and prestigious desk diary. Bound in padded leather with the owner's name or initials stamped in gold on the cover and decorated with silken page markers, the best-bred datebooks look a bit like church hymnals, and they command nearly the same reverence...