Word: keyboards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that writers to whom the best-seller list and the movie sale are but distant dreams must become survivalists. As he says, there comes a time when the need for a pair or two of lamb's-wool socks and a typewriter with a functioning letter R on its keyboard will overwhelm high literary principle. When that happens, he implies, it is O.K. to respond favorably to the mail's more dubious propositions -- to adapt a classic for television, for example, or address an academic conference (especially if its venue is warm and equipped with Jacuzzis). He draws the line...
...accounts, Jobs' new machine is an engineering marvel. People who have seen prototypes describe a sleek, black magnesium cube with a space underneath where a keyboard can be neatly hidden away, a stereo sound system that rivals the crisp tones of a compact-disc player, and a jumbo 17-inch black-and-white display screen capable of visual pyrotechnics that are often characterized as "drop dead...
...walk away from a keyboard for the last time, I take with me a rich supply of memories, laughs, and general good times. I have not wanted for friendship here at The Crimson, and for that, ultimately, I am grateful...
BARTOK: SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION; BRAHMS: "HAYDN" VARIATIONS (CBS). Conductor Georg Solti hits the keyboard, joining Pianist Murray Perahia in a rousing pair of masterworks for two pianos...
...that displays maps showing the location of 520,000 real estate properties in Broward County, Fla. British Airways has put the entire maintenance manual for a Boeing 757 on CD, so its repair people can find the illustration of a missing part with a few taps on a keyboard. Soon, travel agents who use American Airlines' SABRE reservation system will be able to show customers photographs of vacation spots and hotel rooms on the same screens that display flight information and fares...