Word: sighted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wasn't a pretty sight...
When I typed on the keyboard, nothing appeared on the screen. The cursor was nowhere in sight. I hailed (I'll call him "Bob") again and explained my problem. He gave me a disdainful and impatient smile and said, "Well, what do you do when that happens?" and rushed away to help someone else...
...council should not lose sight of its role as the sole organization able to sponsor large-scale social events and concerts on campus, and it should revive opposition to the College alcohol policy...
Dante, a gifted parodist, adds spice to the gruel with glancing references to vintage cartoons, Sergio Leone movies and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. His sight gags can be as nimble as a house number that, when budged, somersaults from a nine to a six, revealing the new neighbors' address as 666, the sign of the Antichrist. But like many a Hollywood Voltaire, Dante wants his Candide candied. This is satire that hedges its bets. By the end, Ray and his friends must be heroes as well as oafs; the new neighbors must be villains as well as victims...
...award set up for the first computer to achieve a grand-master rating. The machine, designed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, now has 2,551 points on the U.S. Chess Federation scale, making it one of the top 40 players in the U.S. and putting it within sight of world champion Gary Kasparov, who is rated at about...