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Word: plugged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look at each other while they're conversing. Although video telephone conferencing systems have become almost standard equipment in the world of business, they come with a $25,000 price tag and require special operating networks. AT&T's home phone is expected to cost $1,500, and will plug into a standard telephone outlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telecommunications: Reach Out and See Someone | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...important as any character. Says producer Paul Junger Witt, who has five shows on prime time right now (including Golden Girls, Empty Nest and ; Nurses): "California and especially Los Angeles represent some sort of magical place to the rest of the world. It makes good business sense to plug into that fantasy. It's juicy stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How L.a. Captured Prime Time . . . and Turned It into a Platform For | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

...problem. A lively market has now developed for so-called superchips, plug-in brains that replace factory-supplied engine chips and offer a variety of improvements, from better gas mileage to higher horsepower. Today half a dozen U.S. firms, led by Memphis-based Hypertech, sell some 40,000 high- performance chips a year for GM cars and Fords, as well as for imports made by Nissan, BMW and Porsche. Average price: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot-Rod Hackers | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

...after getting national attention for her efforts to rescue Massachusetts' state budget, Kathy Betts isn't at all surprised that federal officials are now trying to plug the enormous hole she helped expose...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S. Government to End Federal Budget Loophole | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...Kabul. Facing economic and political collapse at home, the Kremlin is reviewing its largesse abroad. Boris Yeltsin openly opposes continuing aid to Afghan President Najibullah, and Mikhail Gorbachev, who discovered several proponents of continued support among those who plotted to overthrow him, is likely soon to pull the plug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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