Word: popcorned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Happy Hacker's holiday wish list, I'd just as soon get a singing telegram, two pound bag of caramel popcorn, or a candy cane. Of course, a laserprinter under the Christmas tree wouldn't be so bad either...
...skate," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "When he gets up a head of steam he's hard to stop. I thought he went too far but he threw that one up from the popcorn stand...
...fair in the true sense of the word, complete with helium balloons, popcorn, prizes, and bushel-baskets of apples. But its workers were dressed in pin-striped suits, not overalls, and fairgoers were more interested in information technology than apple...
...most festive booth ofall, the centerpiece of which was a windsurferemblazoned with the company's logo. A steadystream of students was drawn to the booth by aminiature wheel of fortune, because spinning meantwinning an IBM-insignia trinket, a balloon, a cup,or a notebook. And if you wanted popcorn, this wasthe place...
...time and place, but buying acomputer is no laughing matter, and IBM'slighthearted display was not for everyone. "I wasa little disappointed," said David H. McConaughy'90. "I wanted someone to sell me an IBM, and allthey wanted to do was give me popcorn...