Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...society's continuing struggle with the technological revolution of this century. We tend to trust machines more than people, allowing the former's efficiency to dwarf and overshadow the latters creativity. Sometimes we regret our decisions, like when the National Football League dropped its failed experiment with instant replay. Other times, we seem overtaken by those choices, as in a world where live operators seem to have been totally and permanently replaced by monstrous touch-tone information menus...
...fire departments have official sponsors. In St. Clair County, Illinois, sheriff's department squad cars carry the logo and phone number of Barcom Electronics, a local alarm company. Barcom pays $6,000 a year to the county, which uses the money for a drug-awareness program. "Obviously, I get instant credibility," says Barcom executive Mark Bartle. But there's a danger too: if the department should come to rely on private funds for needs like vehicle maintenance, it could have to scramble to keep its fleet roadworthy if the sponsors drive...
Through my goggles, I glanced at the end of the runway, only a few hundred feet away. Returning my gaze to the F-14 sitting directly in front of me, I saw the pilot return the deck officer's salute and then, in an instant, the jet bolted from its position with lightning acceleration and flew from the carrier...
Dephillippo says that with a series of changes which include automating the $2-billion instant game system, instituting multi-state games, cutting staff by 60 to 65 percent and purchasing a state-of-the-art computer system, Malone's administration has turned the lottery into a business...
...issue is beginning to feel like the start of a class war. Two weeks ago, the AFL-CIO launched a Website www.paywatch.org detailing CEO pay packages, producing an instant cyberjam among those trying to log on to feed their fury. There are now a dozen Websites devoted to executive pay. "It takes thousands, literally thousands of years to earn what your CEO takes home in a single year," fumes Richard Trumka, secretary...