Word: microchipped
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Trichloroethane is widely used as a cleanser in microchip manufacturing. Unfortunately, it also attacks the planet's ozone layer, so chipmakers are looking for a substitute. Now AT&T may have one in N-butyl butyrate, a chemical found in, of all things, cantaloupes, peaches and plums. In fruit, it contributes to overall flavor; in the atmosphere, it should help reduce mankind's siege of the ozone layer, in turn relieving the onslaught of cancer- and cataract-causing ultraviolet light...
...which began as a fierce and proudly insular music of the American black underclass, is now possibly the most successful American export this side of the microchip, permeating, virtually dominating, worldwide youth culture. It is both a recreational vehicle and a form of social commentary: you can dance to it (one Mexican rap hit has a salsa kick) and think it over too (a German piece rails against neo-Nazi goons and a complacent, fat-cat government). The language may differ from place to place, even when it's English, but the music is everywhere...
Thinking Machines specializes in "massivelyparallel" computers. Traditional computers use asingle microchip to do all of their work, whilemassively parallel computers use huge networks ofprocessors that are knit together in complex webs...
...help bridge that gap, Tsongas would use government funds to assist companies in turning their ideas into lucrative products. That could halt an embarrassing trend in which Japanese firms have frequently adopted U.S. know- how, such as microchip technology, and then used it to clobber American companies...
Clothing and shoe manufacturers, sugar and citrus growers, microchip manufacturers and dairy farmers, all receive some sort of protection or subsidy from a U.S. government seemingly bent on ignoring the long-term prosperity of its people. These economic pressure groups obtain the force of law for the coddling of their interests. In turn, they harm the purchasers of their own products and those in other nations who depend upon these industries for their livelihood...