Word: printshop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past year advanced technology has begun to turn things around. Faster, easier-to-use models came to the market, and more are on the way. Just as important, innovative software for old and new machines has made personal computers more versatile. It is now possible to turn out printshop-quality graphics -- and design everything from cabinets to cathedrals -- on the space of a desktop...
Just as remarkable, says Schwab, is that the cyclotron analysis "gets us right back into Gutenberg's original printshop, for which there are no records whatsoever. We've pretty well cracked the code of the day-to-day or page-by- page organization of the Bible." From the various physical and chemical characteristics of the printed page, Schwab has concluded that Gutenberg used six production crews and at least two presses to complete the Bible. He can even identify by page the times when different tasks were shifted around to keep the production crews busy...
...according to the Polish government, there had been demonstrations in 20 cities. About 1,000 people were detained, although most were released within 48 hours. Only one person died: a printshop worker whose body was found outside a restaurant in downtown Nowa Huta, a mile from the site of the nearest demonstrations. A second round of protests, two days later, was broken up by police and militiamen with equal ease. In a particularly brutal incident, "hooligans" believed to have been recruited by the secret police invaded St. Martin's Church in Warsaw and beat up a number of volunteer...