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Word: pac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...open question. An altogether different scenario suggests itself: DISSOLVE TO AMBITIOUS YOUNG WRITER seated before TV console, his face bathed in flickering greenish light. Suddenly he smacks his forehead with the heel of his hand. AYR (excitedly): Why did I waste my childhood on words? Space Invaders, hah! Pac-Man, hah! At last I have programmed the game that will make millions and millions and . . . - By Paul Gray

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Touring Cloud-Cuckoo-Land | 4/4/1983 | See Source »

Some computer buffs might argue that video games are well on their way to replacing baseball as the national pastime. Warner Communications Inc., whose Atari unit has reaped a fortune on such electronic diversions as Pac-Man and Asteroids, apparently thinks that there is still money to be made from real-life action on a dusty playing field. Warner announced last week that it will buy a 48% share in the Pittsburgh Pirates from the team's longtime owners, the John W. Galbreath family of Pittsburgh, for an undisclosed price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pac-Man and the Pirates | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

Warner is confident, however, that its formidable promotional skills can help generate new excitement about the Pirates. But it may not be easy to lure young fans from Pac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pac-Man and the Pirates | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

...good alternative would be to arrange for candidate who are victims of independent expenditures to receive a certain amount of cheap television and radio time. This would not restrict the PACs but would allow opponents who do not have PAC support--which is not necessarily an indication of popularity--an opportunity to respond to this inequality of information...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: The Most Dangerous Game | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...loaded with oil stocks. Its best stock last year, SMD Industries, makes picture frames and stationery. The shares rose by 592%, mostly on the strength of SMD's rights to make school supplies and stationery bearing the likenesses of two of the year's heroes: E.T. and Pac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year It Paid to Buy Bonds | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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