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Doty added that a special feature of this conference is to work out proposals, rather than to educate the layman or to advocate any existing arms control plan...
That odd word, which describes how a gweep feels when he meets a phrog (see below), generally applies to anything so bad that the computerist cries out, "Bletch!" (the equivalent of the layman's "Yecch!"). This and much else can be learned from a remarkable work called The Hacker's Dictionary, which, as might be expected, is not a book but a computer printout that can be acquired only by accessing the right data base. The term hacker is itself an example, for underground languages like to reverse the connotations of words; in black English, for instance...
...Administration's case was made by National Security Adviser William Clark, a Catholic layman. In an open letter to Bernardin, he said that the White House agreed with the Pope's stand and, indeed, with much of what the bishops were saying. But Clark said that he and President Reagan were "especially troubled" that the draft ignored American proposals "on achieving steep reductions in nuclear arsenals, on reducing conventional forces and, through a variety of verification and confidence-building measures, on further reducing the risks of war." Clark noted that the Soviets had mounted a huge arms buildup...
...contacted, Fiske persuaded the American Academy of Pediatrics to allow him to make a plea before 1,000 academy members at their annual meeting in New York City. "I ask you to keep your eyes and ears open for the possibility of a donor," urged Fiske, the only layman ever to address the group. "Jamie wants to survive...
President Bok commissioned five prominent professors to write a definitive layman's guide to nuclear-related issues. Bok had announced his intention to use Harvard's resources in this effort during his June 10 Commencement address. Largely at Bok's behest, the Kennedy School of Government has already begun a program to brief journlists on the nuances of nuke-talk...