Word: keyboarding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Village," which slows to a crawl before springing into a bouncy dance number, "586," and the clarion cry "I see danger, danger, danger," falls into the first category. Like "Temptation," "The Village" softens up the eternal beat by relying more on programmed keyboard rhythms than on electronic drums to propel the song. But the treatment seems forced and the not-quite-that-catchy hook is shoved down the listener's throat until getting a cold respite of the pulse-like drum beat, and a few clipped notes from a real bass...
...Japanese phonetic symbols into Chinese characters or Kanji. Typewriters have not been widely used in Japan, partly because, with so many different characters, a typical machine must be packed with about 3,000 Kanji. The new machine, which ranges in price from $4,100 to $12,700, has a keyboard of only 45 phonetic symbols plus the Latin alphabet. More than 15,000 of the machines have been ordered, and there is at least a two-month wait for delivery...
This may be the age of the electronic keyboard and the video display terminal, but more and more U.S. companies are turning to old-fashioned penmanship as a tool to help screen would-be employees. "Handwriting analysis delves deeper into the things you cannot uncover in a live interview," says Phil Wizer, the Omaha-based owner of several Thrifty rent-a-car franchises...
Academic American, which has been used by schools since last September, has earned high marks from students. Says Jennifer Lombardi, 11, a sixth-grader at Lindbergh, "It's better than going to a book because it's easier to type into a keyboard than to flip through pages." Notes Adrian Treves, 14, a ninth-grader at Princeton High: "It's especially good for ancient history and English reports." Sums up Herbert Highfield, director of Princeton High's library: "If popularity indicates success, then this new encyclopedia is very successful indeed...
...exact combination of letters and numbers that will make the finicky machines do their bidding. There is a certain amount of head scratching and muttering. Complains one frustrated novice: "I run a $300 million division on a daily basis, and I can't find the A on the keyboard...