Word: lapland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...computer that can save the world is in Lapland, stashed in a hidden, subterranean laboratory. Just so there should be no mistake, the thing bears this sign, discreet but emphatic: THE MOST COMPLEX COMPUTER IN THE WORLD. DO NOT TOUCH. The trouble is with those who are allowed to touch it, three slightly awry scientists and their collaborator, a splendidly long and sexy programmer, openhanded but calculating about distributing her favors. The world is coming to an end, and this quartet is the only hope. At least, that is what they...
...frozen wastes of Finland's Lapland province, the reindeer is not only food, transportation and a Lapp's best friend. It is also the automobile's most frequent victim. During the dark winter days, when the sun hardly ever shines, approximately 1,700 reindeer are killed by cars each year, at a cost of about $170 each to the hapless owners of the beasts and hefty repair bills to the drivers. The Reindeer Grazers Association thought that it had the answer to the problem last year, when it painted some of the reindeer antlers with a phosphorescent...
...visitors last year, the overwhelming majority came from Sweden, West Germany, Norway, the U.S. and Britain, in that order. To lure even more Westerners, the Finns have even been selling Kaamos Aika package deals to honeymoon couples. Kaamos Aika is the winter-long period of perpetual night in remote Lapland...