Word: inputs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely available components, the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS DOS) and the Intel 8088 microprocessor chip. Reason: IBM wanted to use standard equipment so that software companies would write programs for its computer. The only element of the PC that IBM copyrighted was the integrated circuit called the Basic Input Output System (BIOS), which controlled how the software interacted with the hardware. But by building circuits that simulated the BIOS, enterprising computer jocks created machines that could legally run the same software as IBM's machine...
...office for Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has been a momentous one, not only for the man who has graciously dealt with an unending stream of problems, but also for students who have suddenly had a taste of what it might be like to have significant input in College decisions. There's a sweet taste to the concept that students could have a real voice in the policies that affect their lives. But dear as the dream might be, the year has also proven that the goal of student control has not been met and there...
Take alcohol policy. "Take it" said Dean Jewett as he successfully dealt with one of the first issues facing the college this fall; "Take it to the Undergraduate Council for a while, then we can say we solicited some student input...
Jewett learned early on that a quick and easy fix to the student input problem was always the Council. Maybe it was better in the days when Fox got his input direct from Kirkland House--at least it was better as far as alcohol is concerned...
...equally important difference between the American and the Soviet nuclear programs is political. The U.S. industry operates in an open society, subject to laws that give the public considerable say over where nuclear plants are located and some input as to when and even if they will go into operation. The same cannot be said of the Soviet Union, where the government makes all such decisions without consulting the public...