Word: programer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JUST like a welfare program, this deduction represents a cost to the government that the rest of us pay for through higher taxes. Unlike welfare programs, however, the benefits of this handout go to people who don't need them...
...obvious populist appeal of the issue, both Kennedy and Carter encountered little enthusiasm among congressional Democrats for limiting the deduction. And when former Senator Gary Hart (D-Col.) proposed cutting the deduction by 30 percent and using the savings to restore Reagan's cuts in the school-lunch program, he found only 30 votes in the Senate...
...solely a security decision," Peters said. "[The attackers] adequately demonstrated they are serious enough, and since we couldn't adequately defend the station against intruders, I decided it wouldn't be wise to continue the program...
...Streetbeat"--whose removal has provoked many letters calling for its reinstatement--will be off the air until January, when the station chiefs reevaluate all their programming, Peters said. Until then, the station will fill the Streetbeat time slot with Harvard Hockey games and a reggae program...
...M.I.T. has invested $20 million in a new fabrication facility for micromachining and microelectronics. Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry is considering allocating nearly $70 million for the development of medical microrobots. "I'm absolutely amazed at how fast this field has progressed," says George Hazelrigg, a program director at the NSF, the Government agency spearheading the U.S.'s micromechanics effort...