Word: number
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Change breezed through his match, 6-3, 6-3, at the number-four singles spot. Freshman Mike Shyjan and sophomore Ravi Kumar also took their matches at second and fifth singles, respectively. Sophomore Leon Palandjian dropped his match at number-six singles...
...police can muster sufficient officers to begin arrests or before pro-choice activists can pre-empt the doorways and leave funnels for staff and patients to enter. Some clinics will close if they know they are going to be hit, so Operation Rescue has made appointments at a number of the clinics, relying on cancellations to tell them which targets are unavailable that day. The scouting of the sites has been thorough: there are diagrams of all points of entry and even Polaroid shots of the doorways, so the numbers needed to seal off each door can be apportioned...
First introduced by Cray in 1976, supercomputers possess vast number- crunching power, which has become increasingly valued in applications ranging from oil exploration to the design of new drugs. Supercomputer sales are expected to reach $1.2 billion this year on shipments of 130 to 150 machines, up from $925 million in 1988. Control Data had sold 34 of its ETA- model supercomputers, or about 12% of the world's installed machines (vs. 63% for Cray...
...department pays for a telephone-dialing computer service that automatically checks up on older people who live alone. At the same time every day, the computer calls them and says, "Good Morning! Are you O.K. ?" If they answer "Yes," the computer hangs up and goes on to the next number. If no one answers, the computer alerts the police...
Since Roe was handed down, abortions have become if not commonplace, then unexceptional. The number in the U.S. each year has leveled off at around 1.6 million, up from 744,600 in 1973 -- about 30% of all pregnancies, excluding stillbirths and miscarriages. (Comparable figures are 14% for Canada, 13% for West Germany, 27% for Japan and 68% for the Soviet Union.) One-fifth of American women above the age of 15 have had one. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a research organization, most are young and single -- 81% are unmarried at the time, and 62% are under 25. More...