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While schools have had little problem finding appropriate hardware, they have run into difficulty unearthing low-cost, quality software. To help alleviate this situation, I have introduced a bill to establish a National Educational Software Competition, which would get the computer industry and the educational sector ,to work together toward producing software for all teaching levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 7, 1984 | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...emotion without overlooking ideas. The paper's metropolitan staff brings much the same assiduity to the diverse politics of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Post also has a sincere commitment to helping the poor. Two reporters spent a year checking on the operators of a low-cost housing venture in Washington, and their findings will be weighed by a grand jury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Ten Best U.S. Dailies | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

...tried to promote its disc player as a low-cost alternative to tape machines, which was feasible three years ago, when VCRs typically sold for $1,000 and RCA's disc player went for $500. But prices for cassette recorders have fallen as low as $300. RCA dropped the price on the least expensive player to $199, but it was never able to take sales away from VCRs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slipped Disc | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...buses for Arab pilgrims wishing to travel to Mecca and Medina for holidays. Thousands of Arab children attend free Israeli public schools and have access to institutions of higher education. Furthermore, many Arabs over the years have benefited from social programs stretching from the Galilee to the Negev, including low-cost housing, government subsidized food and free medical care...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: The Fault Lies Not in Israel | 2/25/1984 | See Source »

Instead of providing low-cost energy, many of the plants are managerial and financial disasters that have produced higher electric bills. Moreover, a new generation accustomed to seeing the dark side of technology sometimes views nuclear power as the future that did not work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pulling the Nuclear Plug | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

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