Word: sectoral
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defeat swells human self-esteem in a wonderfully satisfying way (and losing to the wretched thing raises the dark suspicion that humanity's number may be up). Stores are full of computer games-or, in some cases, are sold out of items like Parker Bros.' Code Name: Sector (up to $50), in which the computer plays the part of a hunted submarine, and Milton Bradley's bleeping, buzzing Electronic Battleship (also up to $50)-and customers trying to buy them. Games are the most important segment of the toy market. Manufacturers are expected to gross some...
...brother Wendl Thomis, a New York computer software expert. They had given themselves a name, Microcosmos, like a rock group, and what was more interesting, they had an idea: the use of computers in games. Invited back, they brought a working model of the gadget that became Code Name: Sector. Doyle wants to make a million dollars so he can afford to write books on astronomy and invent on the side...
...unmarried working woman, Jessica Tuchman '67, a member of the National Security Council, offered a slightly different perspective on the problems of women working in the public sector...
Mary Kurkjian, conference coordinator, said last week she hoped the conference would help form an "old girls network," or support system for women in the public sector...
...more traditional "old boys network" is breaking down slowly, and maybe both men and women in the public sector will eventually form a mutual support system, Kurkjian added