Word: matic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...register a vote for a write-in candidate like Graham on a vote-a-matic machine, voters have to leave the ballot blank, and write the candidate's name, address, and office sought on the ballot wrapper. Graham's stickers, which bear the same information were intended to be placed on this envelope...
...generic name for such systems is "vote-a-matic," according to William C. Kimberling, the deputy director of the National Clearinghouse on Election Admisistration. Vote-a-matic machines are by far the most prevalent system of voting in this country, used by 36 percent of the electorate, Kimberling said...
...back halls of the Capitol, Gramm-Rudman brought hoots of derision from staffers. "Today we begin Government by Veg-O-Matic," declared Chris Matthews, a top aide to House Speaker Tip O'Neill, sardonically referring to the kitchen device once hawked on late-night TV ("It slices! It dices! It really, really works!"). On the floor, some prominent legislators were scornful. Gramm-Rudman, huffed Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, "is just about the dumbest piece of legislation I have seen in my 15 years on Capitol Hill." O'Neill himself warned, "Wait until...
...already offering two new versions of its standard telephone that show the way the phone is going. Both instruments have key pads and display the date and time or the number of the person being called on calculator-style windows. The Touch-a-matic 1600 ($160) can store up to 16 phone numbers. The $680 Genesis Telesystem, which AT&T Chairman Charles L. Brown uses at home, can forward calls to another number, remember 75 alphabetized names and numbers and restrict outgoing calls...
...more conversations at lower cost, AT&T is stuck with millions of miles of old-fashioned copper wire and coaxial cable. Also on its books are millions of old dial telephones, built to work for 40 years but less versatile than newer high-tech models like its Touch-matic, which automatically dials up to 15 numbers...