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...whirring, clicking roar that has marked the composing room of The Crimson for most of its history ceased last night, and in its place was only an almost inaudible hum, the result of a switch in typesetting systems that should also speed up production and allow new flexibility in layout and design...
...priced oversized books on rock and roll. The Rolling Stones: The First Twenty Years incorporates the work of many rock writers and is a heavily-illustrated authoritative history of Mick, Keith and the boys from the beginning. A comprehensive collaborative effort, the book is a fascinating history; its innovative layout also makes it fun to read...
...them. When the work is finished, the computer then stores the results in its memory much as a word processor files office memos or reports for later retrieval. When needed, a touch of a button recalls the most elaborate designs, from the surface of a semiconductor chip to the layout of a sprawling petrochemical complex, back to the screen for examination and perhaps revision...
Designed by Peter Chermayeff, 45, chief architect of Cambridge Seven Associates, the building improves upon concepts the firm used in 1970 for Boston's successful New England Aquarium. Chermayeff describes the layout as similar to a symphony, with a linear structure following an "ABA" rhythm. The exhibits constitute the A elements, or as Chermayeff puts it, "something to read, confront, evoke a response." Long escalator rides from one floor to another through a dramatically high-ceilinged central space provide the release, or B elements. The building begins with a low-key introduction to water-large, blue bubble-tubes...
Even strict worker-conduct rules win wide support. For example, alcohol is banned at company lunches, and male employees are forbidden to wear long sideburns or beards. When a stewardess was fired for posing out of uniform in a Playboy picture layout last year, one offended colleague observed: ''The company was justified." Despite such rigorous standards, Delta has a stunning 250,000 job applications on file...